Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 3,490 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Ireland is 3,490 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 18,109 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,760 ha, in 1964.
That places Ireland 149th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,810 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,760 ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 2,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,770 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 2,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,860 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 3,560 ha | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 3,530 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 3,570 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 3,570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,555 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 3,855 ha | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 4,170 ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 4,366 ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 5,090 ha | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 4,988 ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 5,080 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 4,530 ha | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 4,585 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 4,910 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 5,509 ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 5,465 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 5,322 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 5,355 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 4,836 ha | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 5,564 ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 5,153 ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 9,910 ha | +92.3% |
| 1991 | 10,810 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 14,401 ha | +33.2% |
| 1993 | 16,173 ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 18,109 ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 9,877 ha | -45.5% |
| 1996 | 10,686 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 10,192 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 7,653 ha | -24.9% |
| 1999 | 7,931 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 7,463 ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 7,933 ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 7,464 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 7,787 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 8,132 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 7,353 ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 6,971 ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 6,731 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 6,864 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 6,505 ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 6,737 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 6,706 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 6,418 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 6,366 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 6,188 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 5,960 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 6,033 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 5,501 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 3,330 ha | -39.5% |
| 2019 | 3,410 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 3,540 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 3,660 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 3,470 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 3,480 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,490 ha | +0.3% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 3,490 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 42% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 3,490 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 12% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +92.3% | 5,153 ha | 9,910 ha |
| 1995 | -45.5% | 18,109 ha | 9,877 ha |
| 2018 | -39.5% | 5,501 ha | 3,330 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,870 ha | 2,760 ha | 3,560 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,177 ha | 3,530 ha | 5,090 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,123 ha | 4,530 ha | 5,564 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,574 ha | 7,653 ha | 18,109 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,320 ha | 6,505 ha | 8,132 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,665 ha | 3,330 ha | 6,737 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,528 ha | 3,470 ha | 3,660 ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Ireland?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Ireland was 3,490 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 18,109 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,760 ha in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.