Fruit consumption per capita rose 14.0% to 18.7 kg in Ireland in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, fruit consumption per capita in Ireland reached an all time high of 26.1 kg in 2008 and an all time low of 6.37 kg in 1961. When compared to Ireland's main peers, fruit consumption per capita in Canada amounted to 27.3 kg, 28.5 kg in France, 29.1 kg in Iceland and 22.0 kg in United Kingdom in 2017.
Ireland has been ranked 77th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of fruit consumption per capita, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fruit Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | kg | 24.4 | 26.2 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 24.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 17.8 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 22.8 | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kg | 27.2 | 30.3 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kg | 18.6 | 24.1 | 23.1 | 26.1 | 27.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 27.1 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 29.8 | 31.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 25.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 27.2 | 26.8 | 32.0 | 31.2 | 30.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kg | 21.3 | 19.6 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 24.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 38.6 | 41.0 | 41.2 | 39.3 | 35.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 33.4 | 37.6 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 42.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kg | 24.1 | 23.7 | 23.9 | 23.3 | 23.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 27.5 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 23.0 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kg | 19.3 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 27.8 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 32.1 |
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