Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 57,252 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Ireland is 57,252 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Ireland peaked at 59,852 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 26,643 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Ireland 71st out of 152 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,975 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,447 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 26,643 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 27,656 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 28,628 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 32,523 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1967 | 36,978 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1968 | 42,124 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 36,886 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 38,114 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 41,177 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 32,159 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 43,776 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1974 | 35,917 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1975 | 42,978 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1976 | 42,674 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 39,707 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 39,976 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 37,909 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 35,030 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 37,794 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 46,761 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1983 | 44,780 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 48,539 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 38,614 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1986 | 34,432 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 43,747 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1988 | 40,060 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 45,202 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 45,820 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 42,312 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 44,633 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 34,689 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1994 | 39,266 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 44,074 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 45,684 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 51,028 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 49,848 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 50,654 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 56,801 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 48,167 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2002 | 41,556 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 47,784 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 59,852 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2005 | 44,516 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2006 | 44,471 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 45,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 51,020 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 52,038 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 52,091 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 52,627 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 53,164 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 53,701 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 54,086 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 54,574 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 55,385 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 57,252 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 57,252 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 57,252 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,095 kg/ha | 26,643 kg/ha | 42,124 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,439 kg/ha | 32,159 kg/ha | 43,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,496 kg/ha | 34,432 kg/ha | 48,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,801 kg/ha | 34,689 kg/ha | 51,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,121 kg/ha | 41,556 kg/ha | 59,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,110 kg/ha | 52,091 kg/ha | 57,252 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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 — yield in Ireland?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Ireland was 57,252 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 59,852 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,643 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Ireland rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Ireland ranks 71st out of 152 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.