Agriculture in Ireland: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in Ireland with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products97products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°4best rank among tracked products
Products ranked world #10products currently ranked first
Top-10 products8products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for Ireland cover 97 products. 0 products currently place Ireland at world rank #1. In total, 8 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for Ireland?
97 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For Ireland it is #4, and 0 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of Ireland agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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97 visible results
| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals, primary | Production | 1.90M t 2024 | #92 |
| Barley | Production | 1.28M t 2024 | #22 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 1.06B units 2024 | #86 |
| Wheat | Production | 388.5k t 2024 | #65 |
| Potatoes | Production | 368.3k t 2024 | #77 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 368.3k t 2024 | #106 |
| Oats | Production | 226.0k t 2024 | #24 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 185.0k t 2024 | #121 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 87.5k t 2024 | #78 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | Production | 82.4k t 2024 | #14 |
| Rape or colza seed | Production | 65.6k t 2024 | #38 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 58.1k t 2024 | #60 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 29.1k t 2024 | #157 |
| Cabbages | Production | 23.0k t 2024 | #92 |
| Apples | Production | 22.0k t 2024 | #70 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 10.0k t 2024 | #50 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 8.3k t 2024 | #117 |
| Strawberries | Production | 6.6k t 2024 | #49 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 6.1k t 2024 | #60 |
| Peas, dry | Production | 5.2k t 2024 | #59 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 3.5k t 2024 | #29 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 3.3k t 2024 | #138 |
| Raspberries | Production | 430 t 2024 | #34 |
| Currants | Production | 100 t 2024 | #30 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 602.6k t 2024 | #23 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 602.6k t 2024 | #25 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 311.5k t 2024 | #37 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 179.5k t 2024 | #62 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 162.2k t 2024 | #69 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 63.0k t 2024 | #33 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 63.0k t 2024 | #46 |
| Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled | Production | 16.8k t 2024 | #24 |
| Sugar beet | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #60 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #140 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #63 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #135 |
| Hop cones | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #29 |
| Rye | Production | 0.00 t 2024 | #63 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 8.73M t 2023 | — |
| Milk, Total | Production | 8.73M t 2023 | — |
| Cattle | Stocks | 6.31M head 2024 | #40 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 6.31M head 2024 | #42 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 5.63M t 2023 | #7 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 3.60M head 2024 | #76 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 3.59M head 2024 | #57 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 1.47M head 2024 | #56 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 1.16M t 2024 | #43 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 810.0k t 2023 | #36 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 299.3k t 2023 | #6 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 299.3k t 2023 | #8 |
| Cheese (All Kinds) | Production | 288.5k t 2023 | #21 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | Production | 284.9k t 2023 | #18 |
| Whey, dry | Production | 268.5k t 2023 | #4 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 190.8k t 2023 | #6 |
| Skim milk and whey powder | Production | 167.2k t 2023 | #7 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 101.7k t 2023 | #5 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 101.7k t 2023 | #18 |
| Horses | Stocks | 94.1k head 2024 | #51 |
| Tallow | Production | 74.1k t 2023 | #17 |
| Mushrooms and truffles | Production | 70.2k t 2024 | #14 |
| Whole milk powder | Production | 57.0k t 2023 | #12 |
| Cream, fresh | Production | 21.5k t 2023 | #31 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 14.9k t 2023 | #52 |
| Pig fat, rendered | Production | 13.5k t 2023 | #32 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | Production | 12.5k t 2023 | #49 |
| Goats | Stocks | 7.3k head 2024 | #163 |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | Production | 3.6k t 2023 | #34 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 3.2k t 2023 | #82 |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 23.6k t 2023 | #9 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 25.0k t 2017 | — |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 15.9k t 2017 | — |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 8.9k t 2017 | — |
| Peas, green | Production | 1.9k t 2017 | — |
| Other beans, green | Production | 1.7k t 2017 | — |
| Spinach | Production | 1.7k t 2024 | #43 |
| Cereals n.e.c. | Production | 1.5k t 2017 | — |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 800 t 2024 | #112 |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | Production | 199 t 2017 | — |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 0.00 t 2019 | — |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 94.9k t 2017 | — |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 66.4k t 2017 | — |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 54.6k t 2017 | — |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 54.1k t 2017 | — |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 32.2k t 2017 | — |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 20.4k t 2017 | — |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 16.38M head 2020 | — |
| Chickens | Stocks | 15.24M head 2020 | — |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 13.4k t 2017 | — |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 10.6k t 2017 | — |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 4.8k t 2017 | — |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | Production | 3.3k t 2017 | — |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.4k t 1990 | — |
| Meat of geese, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.2k t 2017 | — |
| Turkeys | Stocks | 695.0k head 2020 | — |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 403 t 2017 | — |
| Geese | Stocks | 11.0k head 2020 | — |
| Whey, condensed | Production | 0.00 t 2023 | #30 |