Global Plastics Production

This dataset shows the increase of global plastic production, measured in tonnes per year, from 1950 through to 2019.In 1950 the world produced only 2 million tonnes per year. Since then, annual production has increased nearly 200-fold, reaching 381 million tonnes in 2015. The short downturn in annual production in 2009 and 2010 was predominantly the result of the 2008 global financial crisis — a similar dent is seen across several metrics of resource production and consumption, including energy.

本数据集呈现了1950年至2019年全球塑料年产量（单位：吨）的增长情况。1950年，全球塑料年产量仅为200万吨；此后该年产量增长近200倍，至2015年达到3.81亿吨。2009年与2010年间出现的短期产量下滑，主要源于2008年全球金融危机——包括能源在内的多项资源生产与消费指标均呈现出类似的回落。