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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