This statistic depicts the per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide by region in 2015. In 2015, the NAFTA countries had the world's highest per capita consumption of plastic materials, at some 139 kilograms. In 2016 the production of plastic worldwide amounted to some 335 million metric tons.
Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms)
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Plastics Insight. (March 24, 2016). Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/
Plastics Insight. "Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms)." Chart. March 24, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/
Plastics Insight. (2016). Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/
Plastics Insight. "Per Capita Consumption of Plastic Materials Worldwide in 2015 by Region (in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/
Plastics Insight, Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/ (last visited August 06, 2023)
Per capita consumption of plastic materials worldwide in 2015 by region (in kilograms) [Graph], Plastics Insight, March 24, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/270312/consumption-of-plastic-materials-per-capita-since-1980/









