Cereal yield in Ireland

Cereal farms in Ireland harvested 7,325 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ireland, 2024 7,325 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +3.7% 2023: 7,063 kg per hectare
European Union, 2023 5,329 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Ireland (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 5,276 kg per hectare Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 12th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Ireland over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period IrelandEuropean Union
2024 7,325 kg per hectare –
2023 7,063 kg per hectare 5,329 kg per hectare
2022 8,702 kg per hectare 5,261 kg per hectare
2021 8,607 kg per hectare 5,664 kg per hectare
2020 7,125 kg per hectare 5,465 kg per hectare
2019 8,505 kg per hectare 5,575 kg per hectare
2018 6,840 kg per hectare 5,230 kg per hectare
2017 8,784 kg per hectare 5,500 kg per hectare
2016 8,223 kg per hectare 5,194 kg per hectare
2015 9,008 kg per hectare 5,378 kg per hectare
2014 8,471 kg per hectare 5,612 kg per hectare
2013 7,802 kg per hectare 5,253 kg per hectare
2012 6,741 kg per hectare 4,821 kg per hectare
2011 8,442 kg per hectare 5,061 kg per hectare
2010 7,456 kg per hectare 4,916 kg per hectare
2009 6,887 kg per hectare 4,969 kg per hectare
2008 7,645 kg per hectare 5,106 kg per hectare
2007 7,189 kg per hectare 4,491 kg per hectare
2006 7,465 kg per hectare 4,562 kg per hectare
2005 6,905 kg per hectare 4,712 kg per hectare
2004 8,078 kg per hectare 5,238 kg per hectare
2003 7,101 kg per hectare 4,145 kg per hectare
2002 6,567 kg per hectare 4,605 kg per hectare
2001 7,581 kg per hectare 4,556 kg per hectare
2000 7,796 kg per hectare 4,398 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.7% from 7,063 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8,471 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −13.5%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Ireland has the 12th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Ireland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)