In 2021, China accounted for approximately 32 percent of the total global production of plastics materials. This made China the world's largest plastic producer. China's share of global plastics production has been steadily growing.
Data are rounded estimates.
Polymers that are not used in the conversion of plastic parts and products (i.e. for textiles, adhesives, sealants, coatings, etc.) are not included
*Including plastics production from polymerisation and production of mechanically recycled plastics
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
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