Wheat — Production in Ireland
Ireland: Wheat — Production was 388,510 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 388,510 t for wheat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.6% on the previous year and down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Ireland peaked at 1.02 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 185,300 t, in 1966.
That places Ireland 68th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 469,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 439,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 300,600 t | -31.5% |
| 1964 | 271,600 t | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 232,660 t | -14.3% |
| 1966 | 185,300 t | -20.4% |
| 1967 | 298,000 t | +60.8% |
| 1968 | 412,300 t | +38.4% |
| 1969 | 362,800 t | -12.0% |
| 1970 | 381,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 380,200 t | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 270,400 t | -28.9% |
| 1973 | 228,900 t | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 245,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 195,000 t | -20.4% |
| 1976 | 200,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 250,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 253,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 252,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 272,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 286,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 400,000 t | +39.9% |
| 1983 | 387,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 602,000 t | +55.6% |
| 1985 | 495,000 t | -17.8% |
| 1986 | 424,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 402,000 t | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 455,000 t | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 459,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 598,000 t | +30.3% |
| 1991 | 674,000 t | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 714,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 539,000 t | -24.5% |
| 1994 | 572,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 583,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 771,000 t | +32.2% |
| 1997 | 725,000 t | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 673,000 t | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 597,000 t | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 737,400 t | +23.5% |
| 2001 | 769,200 t | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 867,200 t | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 794,100 t | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1.02 million t | +28.3% |
| 2005 | 802,700 t | -21.2% |
| 2006 | 801,000 t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 713,400 t | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 992,800 t | +39.2% |
| 2009 | 690,100 t | -30.5% |
| 2010 | 669,200 t | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 929,200 t | +38.9% |
| 2012 | 707,900 t | -23.8% |
| 2013 | 545,300 t | -23.0% |
| 2014 | 717,000 t | +31.5% |
| 2015 | 696,600 t | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 647,700 t | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 681,679 t | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 485,480 t | -28.8% |
| 2019 | 595,360 t | +22.6% |
| 2020 | 364,920 t | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 628,080 t | +72.1% |
| 2022 | 701,240 t | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 483,110 t | -31.1% |
| 2024 | 388,510 t | -19.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 388,510 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.09 million t, 36% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 388,510 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.45 million t, 27% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 330,240 t | 185,300 t | 469,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 265,550 t | 195,000 t | 381,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 418,200 t | 272,000 t | 602,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 644,600 t | 539,000 t | 771,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 818,710 t | 690,100 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 667,542 t | 485,480 t | 929,200 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 513,172 t | 364,920 t | 701,240 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 65 Sudan 490,320 t compare
- 66 New Zealand 464,602 t compare
- 67 Mongolia 397,258 t compare
- 69 Kenya 312,200 t compare
- 70 Switzerland 311,807 t compare
- 71 Sudan (former) 292,000 t 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 wheat — production in Ireland?
- Wheat — production in Ireland was 388,510 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 185,300 t in 1966.
- How does Ireland rank for wheat — production?
- Ireland ranks 68th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.8%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.