Sugar beet — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 37,100 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
Ireland ranks 58th of 68 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,889 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,606 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 35,733 ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 32,293 ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 26,526 ha | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 21,650 ha | -18.4% |
| 1967 | 25,859 ha | +19.4% |
| 1968 | 25,940 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 24,847 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 25,778 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 29,582 ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 34,034 ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 30,190 ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 25,779 ha | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 33,266 ha | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 34,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 35,208 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 36,422 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 34,873 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 33,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 34,900 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 35,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 36,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 34,900 ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 33,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 37,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 37,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 33,300 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 32,100 ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 32,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 33,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 31,300 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 32,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 35,400 ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 35,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 32,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 32,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 32,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 33,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 32,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 31,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 31,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 31,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 31,100 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 31,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | -94.5% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 2008 | 1,568 ha | +56.8% |
| 2009 | 1,153 ha | -26.5% |
| 2010 | 968 ha | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 2,037 ha | +110.4% |
| 2012 | 1,848 ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 1,664 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 1,581 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 1,435 ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,300 ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 1,310 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha. (32 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 0 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +110.4% | 968 ha | 2,037 ha |
| 2018 | -100.0% | 1,310 ha | 0 ha |
| 2006 | -94.5% | 31,000 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2008 | +56.8% | 1,000 ha | 1,568 ha |
| 2007 | -41.2% | 1,700 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,483 ha | 21,650 ha | 35,733 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,953 ha | 25,778 ha | 36,422 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,810 ha | 32,100 ha | 37,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,090 ha | 31,300 ha | 35,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,362 ha | 1,000 ha | 32,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,214 ha | 0 ha | 2,037 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 55 Greece 50 ha compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 ha compare
- 57 Palestine 3 ha compare
- 58 Algeria 0 ha compare
- 58 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
- 58 Cyprus 0 ha
- 58 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 58 Georgia 0 ha compare
- 58 Israel 0 ha compare
- 58 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 58 Malta 0 ha
- 58 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 58 Uruguay 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Ireland?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Ireland was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 37,100 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Ireland rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 58th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.