Data:Global plastic production - Geyer et al. (2017) (OWID 2827).tab

Data denotes annual global polymer resin and fiber production (plastic production), measured in metric tonnes.

Entity	Year	Global_plastics_production_million_tonnes	Cumulative_global_plastics_production_million_tonnes
string	number	number	number
Entity	Year	Global_plastics_production_million_tonnes	Cumulative_global_plastics_production_million_tonnes
World	1950	2	2
World	1951	2	4
World	1952	2	6
World	1953	3	9
World	1954	3	12
World	1955	4	16
World	1956	5	21
World	1957	5	26
World	1958	6	32
World	1959	7	39
World	1960	8	47
World	1961	9	56
World	1962	11	67
World	1963	13	80
World	1964	15	95
World	1965	17	112
World	1966	20	132
World	1967	23	155
World	1968	27	182
World	1969	32	214
World	1970	35	249
World	1971	38	287
World	1972	44	331
World	1973	51	382
World	1974	52	434
World	1975	46	480
World	1976	54	534
World	1977	59	593
World	1978	64	657
World	1979	71	728
World	1980	70	798
World	1981	72	870
World	1982	73	943
World	1983	80	1023
World	1984	86	1109
World	1985	90	1199
World	1986	96	1295
World	1987	104	1399
World	1988	110	1509
World	1989	114	1623
World	1990	120	1743
World	1991	124	1867
World	1992	132	1999
World	1993	137	2136
World	1994	151	2287
World	1995	156	2443
World	1996	168	2611
World	1997	180	2791
World	1998	188	2979
World	1999	202	3181
World	2000	213	3394
World	2001	218	3612
World	2002	231	3843
World	2003	241	4084
World	2004	256	4340
World	2005	263	4603
World	2006	280	4883
World	2007	295	5178
World	2008	281	5459
World	2009	288	5747
World	2010	313	6060
World	2011	325	6385
World	2012	338	6723
World	2013	352	7075
World	2014	367	7442
World	2015	381	7823

[{u'additionalInfo': 'Data denotes annual global polymer resin and fiber production (plastic production), measured in metric tonnes.',
'dataPublishedBy': 'Geyer, R., Jambeck, J. R., & Law, K. L. (2017). Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Science Advances, 3(7), e1700782.',
'dataPublisherSource': None,
'link': 'http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782.full',
'name': 'Global plastic production - Geyer et al. (2017)',
'retrievedDate': '2nd July 2018'}]

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