Commodity Origins

What does Ireland produce and export?

It is a top-ten exporter of lamb (#4, 4.7% of world export value in 2024), cheese (#8, 3.8% of world export value in 2024), beef (#9, 1.9% of world export value in 2024), milk (#9, 2.7% of world export value in 2024).

Where ireland is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of ireland production in 2024. Darkest: Ireland 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: 100% (1)New Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Ireland produce?

Ireland is not in the top ten producers of any commodity tracked here.

What does Ireland export?

Top 4 Ireland commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 4 Ireland commodity exports in 2024: Cheese 3.8%, Beef 1.9%, Milk 2.7%, Lamb 4.7%; rest of world 87%.CheeseCheese: 3.8%, $1.7 billion3.8%BeefBeef: 1.9%, $696.1 million1.9%MilkMilk: 2.7%, $589.6 million2.7%LambLamb: 4.7%, $425.6 million4.7%Rest of worldRest of world: 87%, $087%
Ireland's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Ireland's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Ireland dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 4 Ireland commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Cheese$1.7 billion3.8%
2Beef$696.1 million1.9%
3Milk$589.6 million2.7%
4Lamb$425.6 million4.7%
Rest of world$087%

Ireland's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Ireland's own $4.2 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Cheese alone is 40% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Ireland compares with other countries.

Ireland's tracked export mix by commodityCheese: 39.8%; Beef: 16.5%; Milk: 14.0%; Pork: 10.4%; Lamb: 10.1%; Other tracked commodities: 9.1%.Cheese: 39.8%Cheese39.8%Beef: 16.5%Beef16.5%Milk: 14.0%Milk14.0%Pork: 10.4%Pork10.4%Lamb: 10.1%Lamb10.1%Other tracked commodities: 9.1%Other tracked co…9.1%
Commodities where Ireland is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Lamb44.7%$425.6 million2024
Cheese83.8%$1.7 billion2024
Beef91.9%$696.1 million2024
Milk92.7%$589.6 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Ireland commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Ireland is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Ireland in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Ireland, computed from the same data as this page.

What Ireland uses

Ireland had about 5.2 million people and a food supply of 3,921 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Ireland, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk8.1 million tonnes0.8%324 (#3 of 142)107%35%
Wheat3.0 million tonnes0.4%95 (#58 of 143)16%105%
Barley1.7 million tonnes1.3%0.6 (#55 of 141)85%23%
Corn1.3 million tonnes0.1%10 (#74 of 140)<0.1%125%
Potatoes617 thousand tonnes0.2%85 (#10 of 143)49%57%
Oranges259 thousand tonnes0.2%49 (#4 of 140)<0.1%122%
Chicken216 thousand tonnes0.2%36 (#27 of 143)77%52%
Tomatoes196 thousand tonnes0.1%37 (#41 of 142)2%102%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Ireland

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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