Wheat — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Wheat — Yield was 8,140 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Ireland is 8,140 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Ireland peaked at 10,668 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,130 kg/ha, in 1964.
Ireland ranks 2nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,368 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,455 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 3,192 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 3,130 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 3,156 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 3,488 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 3,880 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 4,556 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 4,395 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 4,023 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 4,181 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 3,977 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 3,914 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 4,297 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 4,375 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 3,970 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 5,165 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1978 | 5,120 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 5,159 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 5,132 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 5,801 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 7,005 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1983 | 6,559 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 7,788 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1985 | 6,338 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1986 | 5,572 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 7,065 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1988 | 7,764 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 7,562 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 8,531 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 7,865 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1992 | 7,881 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 6,806 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1994 | 7,719 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 8,246 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 8,996 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 7,721 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1998 | 8,031 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 8,766 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 9,454 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 9,060 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 8,444 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 8,298 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 9,924 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 8,432 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 9,154 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 8,463 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 8,968 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 8,167 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 8,602 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 9,864 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 7,224 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 2013 | 8,998 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2014 | 10,014 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 10,668 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 9,539 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 10,167 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 8,373 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2019 | 9,379 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 7,766 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 10,077 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2022 | 10,430 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 8,661 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 8,140 kg/ha | -6.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 8,140 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 8,140 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,624 kg/ha | 3,130 kg/ha | 4,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,418 kg/ha | 3,914 kg/ha | 5,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,659 kg/ha | 5,132 kg/ha | 7,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 6,806 kg/ha | 8,996 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,836 kg/ha | 8,167 kg/ha | 9,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,283 kg/ha | 7,224 kg/ha | 10,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,015 kg/ha | 7,766 kg/ha | 10,430 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
- 5 Zambia 7,090 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 wheat — yield in Ireland?
- Wheat — yield in Ireland was 8,140 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 10,668 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,130 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for wheat — yield?
- Ireland ranks 2nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 — 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.