Wheat — Area harvested in Ireland
Ireland: Wheat — Area harvested was 47,730 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Ireland is 47,730 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.4% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Ireland peaked at 139,534 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 44,575 ha, in 1975.
That places Ireland 80th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 139,534 ha | — |
| 1962 | 127,069 ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 94,169 ha | -25.9% |
| 1964 | 86,763 ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 73,720 ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 53,130 ha | -27.9% |
| 1967 | 76,810 ha | +44.6% |
| 1968 | 90,490 ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 82,555 ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 94,695 ha | +14.7% |
| 1971 | 90,934 ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 67,986 ha | -25.2% |
| 1973 | 58,478 ha | -14.0% |
| 1974 | 57,021 ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 44,575 ha | -21.8% |
| 1976 | 50,384 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 48,400 ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 49,412 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 48,846 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 53,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 49,300 ha | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 57,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 1983 | 59,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 77,300 ha | +31.0% |
| 1985 | 78,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 76,100 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 56,900 ha | -25.2% |
| 1988 | 58,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 60,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 70,100 ha | +15.5% |
| 1991 | 85,700 ha | +22.3% |
| 1992 | 90,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 79,200 ha | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 74,100 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 70,700 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 85,700 ha | +21.2% |
| 1997 | 93,900 ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 83,800 ha | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 68,100 ha | -18.7% |
| 2000 | 78,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 84,900 ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 102,700 ha | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 95,700 ha | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 102,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 95,200 ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 87,500 ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 84,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 110,700 ha | +31.3% |
| 2009 | 84,500 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 77,800 ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 94,200 ha | +21.1% |
| 2012 | 98,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 60,600 ha | -38.2% |
| 2014 | 71,600 ha | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 65,300 ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 67,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 67,047 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 57,980 ha | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 63,480 ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 46,990 ha | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 62,330 ha | +32.6% |
| 2022 | 67,230 ha | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 55,780 ha | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 47,730 ha | -14.4% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 47,730 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 22% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 47,730 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 13% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,582 ha | 53,130 ha | 139,534 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,073 ha | 44,575 ha | 94,695 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,610 ha | 49,300 ha | 78,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,190 ha | 68,100 ha | 93,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,620 ha | 78,000 ha | 110,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,391 ha | 57,980 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,012 ha | 46,990 ha | 67,230 ha | 5 |
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 wheat — area harvested in Ireland?
- Wheat — area harvested in Ireland was 47,730 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 139,534 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,575 ha in 1975.
- How does Ireland rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 80th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. 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 Wheat — 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.