Global Plastics Production

This dataset shows the increase of global plastic production, measured in tonnes per year, from 1950 through to 2015.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.

本数据集展示了自1950年至2015年全球塑料产量（以每年吨为单位）的增长情况。在1950年，全球塑料年产量仅为200万吨。自此以来，年产量几乎增长了200倍，至2015年达到3.81亿吨。2009年和2010年年度生产量的短期下降主要是由2008年全球金融危机所致——在资源生产和消费的多个指标中，均可观察到类似的降幅，包括能源。