Plastic production growth worldwide vs population growth worldwide 2013-2020

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Madhumitha Jaganmohan,
Jan 10, 2024
Annual increases in global plastics production consistently outpaced population growth between 2013 and 2019. In 2019, the global population increased by 1.08 percent while plastic production increased 2.5 percent. However, in 2020 the outbreak of COVID-19 caused plastics production to increase by just 0.19 percent year-over-year, whereas the global population grew 1.05 percent that year.

Plastic production growth worldwide compared to global population growth rate from 2013 to 2020

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December 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2013 to 2020

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This statistic was calculated by Statista using figures from multiple sources. Figures for global population growth were taken from Worldometer

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