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North America's share of global plastic material production 2014-2022
In 2022, North America (Canada, the U.S., and Mexico) accounted for 17 percent of global plastics production. This made North America the world's second-largest plastic producing region that year, behind only China. The total global production volume of plastics in 2022 amounted to an estimated 400.3 million metric tons.