Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Ireland
Ireland: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 0 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in Ireland stood at 0 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Ireland peaked at 1.86 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2018.
That places Ireland 141st out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 892,092 t | — |
| 1962 | 930,702 t | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 952,039 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 893,108 t | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 759,372 t | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 704,123 t | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 956,200 t | +35.8% |
| 1968 | 1.09 million t | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 916,500 t | -16.1% |
| 1970 | 982,500 t | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 1.22 million t | +24.0% |
| 1972 | 1.09 million t | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 1.32 million t | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 925,900 t | -29.9% |
| 1975 | 1.43 million t | +54.4% |
| 1976 | 1.47 million t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 1.40 million t | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 1.46 million t | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 1.32 million t | -9.2% |
| 1980 | 1.16 million t | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 1.32 million t | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 1.66 million t | +25.9% |
| 1983 | 1.63 million t | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 1.69 million t | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 1.31 million t | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 1.27 million t | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 1.62 million t | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 1.33 million t | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 1.45 million t | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 1.48 million t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 1.41 million t | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 1.40 million t | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.12 million t | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 1.39 million t | +24.4% |
| 1995 | 1.55 million t | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 1.48 million t | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 1.65 million t | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 1.64 million t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 1.71 million t | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 1.83 million t | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 1.50 million t | -18.1% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million t | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 1.51 million t | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 1.86 million t | +23.7% |
| 2005 | 1.38 million t | -25.9% |
| 2006 | 75,600 t | -94.5% |
| 2007 | 45,000 t | -40.5% |
| 2008 | 80,000 t | +77.8% |
| 2009 | 60,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 50,432 t | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 107,177 t | +112.5% |
| 2012 | 98,268 t | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 89,360 t | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 85,510 t | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 78,318 t | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 72,000 t | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 75,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 t | — |
| 2020 | 0 t | — |
| 2021 | 0 t | — |
| 2022 | 0 t | — |
| 2023 | 0 t | — |
| 2024 | 0 t | — |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 0 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 666,600 t. (45 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 0 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 856,310 t. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Production 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 | +112.5% | 50,432 t | 107,177 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 899,648 t | 704,123 t | 1.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.26 million t | 925,900 t | 1.47 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.45 million t | 1.16 million t | 1.69 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.48 million t | 1.12 million t | 1.71 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 963,490 t | 45,000 t | 1.86 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,606 t | 0 t | 107,177 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 138 Brunei Darussalam 56 t compare
- 139 Djibouti 55.8 t compare
- 140 Samoa 11.93 t compare
- 141 Algeria 0 t compare
- 141 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t compare
- 141 Bulgaria 0 t compare
- 141 Cyprus 0 t
- 141 Estonia 0 t compare
- 141 Georgia 0 t compare
- 141 Israel 0 t compare
- 141 Latvia 0 t compare
- 141 Malta 0 t
- 141 Portugal 0 t compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t compare
- 141 Saint Lucia 0 t compare
- 141 Singapore 0 t compare
- 141 Yemen 0 t 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 crops primary — production in Ireland?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Ireland was 0 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2018.
- How does Ireland rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Ireland ranks 141st out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production 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 Crops Primary — Production. 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.