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Cumulative plastics production in Europe 2010-2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 25, 2023
Europe produced roughly 646 million metric tons of plastics between 2010 and 2020. This was approximately 6.5 percent of the total global production of plastics produced since 1950, which is estimated to have reached 10 billion metric tons in 2020. Between 2010 and 2020, annual plastics production in Europe was highest in 2017, at 64.4 million metric tons. Since then, annual production has been falling annually.

Cumulative production volume of plastics in Europe from 2010 to 2020 (in million metric tons)

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Release date

October 2021

Region

EU

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*Estimate
Europe includes European Union 28 plus Norway and Switzerland.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
PET-, PA- and polyacryl-fibers are not included.

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