Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Ireland
Ireland: Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value was 192 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 192 mg/cap/d for sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in 2023.
That represents a change of up 22.3% on the previous year and up 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Ireland peaked at 219 mg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 125 mg/cap/d, in 2010.
Ireland ranks 7th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Ireland, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 125 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 155 mg/cap/d | +24.0% |
| 2012 | 143 mg/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 131 mg/cap/d | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 145 mg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 174 mg/cap/d | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 189 mg/cap/d | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 178 mg/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 197 mg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 188 mg/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 219 mg/cap/d | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 173 mg/cap/d | -21.0% |
| 2022 | 157 mg/cap/d | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 192 mg/cap/d | +22.3% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 192 mg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 115 mg/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 192 mg/cap/d is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 116 mg/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 162.5 mg/cap/d | 125 mg/cap/d | 197 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 185.25 mg/cap/d | 157 mg/cap/d | 219 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 46 mg/cap/d compare
- 4 Norway 226 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 44 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Malta 198 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Colombia 194 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Türkiye 42 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 38 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Slovenia 190 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 27 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 20 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 183 mg/cap/d compare
- 10 Denmark 181 mg/cap/d compare
- 10 Viet Nam 17 mg/cap/d 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 sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Ireland?
- Sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Ireland was 192 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 219 mg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value?
- Ireland ranks 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.6%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.