Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 53,003 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Ireland stood at 53,003 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Ireland peaked at 63,674 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 14,800 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Ireland 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,881 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,325 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 48,897 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 52,500 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 54,076 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 51,624 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 49,711 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 50,979 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 50,253 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 57,026 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 54,566 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 52,633 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 53,024 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 54,630 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 60,168 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 63,674 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 58,644 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 58,741 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 57,342 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 60,971 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 61,112 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 59,399 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 35,720 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1984 | 39,384 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 38,849 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 40,864 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 44,830 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 40,690 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 41,898 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 24,868 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1991 | 23,737 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 18,069 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1993 | 16,094 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 14,800 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 23,905 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 1996 | 22,000 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 22,033 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 28,901 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1999 | 27,383 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 31,198 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 31,636 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 31,208 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 31,041 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 29,415 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 33,608 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 33,235 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 33,130 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 31,790 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 32,288 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 30,434 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 33,513 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 32,230 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 34,716 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 36,668 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 37,295 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 38,452 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 37,208 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 51,261 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2019 | 54,196 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 52,992 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 53,536 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 54,888 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 52,503 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 53,003 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 53,003 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 53,003 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +61.5% | 14,800 kg/ha | 23,905 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -40.6% | 41,898 kg/ha | 24,868 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -39.9% | 59,399 kg/ha | 35,720 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,805 kg/ha | 48,881 kg/ha | 54,076 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,045 kg/ha | 52,633 kg/ha | 63,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,372 kg/ha | 35,720 kg/ha | 61,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,179 kg/ha | 14,800 kg/ha | 28,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,855 kg/ha | 29,415 kg/ha | 33,608 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,597 kg/ha | 30,434 kg/ha | 54,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,384 kg/ha | 52,503 kg/ha | 54,888 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 2 Bahrain 72,599 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,460 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 63,199 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 55,606 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 20,453 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19,800 kg/ha compare
- 6 Portugal 51,142 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 17,478 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 50,937 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,136 kg/ha compare
- 8 Palestine 46,175 kg/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 vegetables primary — yield in Ireland?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Ireland was 53,003 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 63,674 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,800 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ireland rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Ireland ranks 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.