Breakdown of global production capacities of bioplastics 2024-2029, by material

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2025

The global production capacities of bioplastics was 2.47 million metric tons in 2024. Of this total, the biodegradable polymer polylactic acid (PLA) accounted for 37.1 percent. By 2029, PLA is forecast to account for 42.3 percent of the global bioplastics production capacity. Biodegradable bioplastics such as PBAT, PBS, and PLA, are projected to represent 66 percent of bioplastics production capacities.

Distribution of the production capacities of bioplastics worldwide in 2024 with a forecast to 2029, by material type

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December 2024

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Worldwide

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2024

Supplementary notes

*Forecast
**Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) is currently under development. It is expected to be commercially available in 2023.
Distribution figures are based on the total global bioplastic production capacity of 2.18 million metric tons in 2023 and 7.43 million metric tons in 2028.

PBAT: Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
PBS: Polybutylene succinate
PLA: Polylactic acid
PHA: Polyhydroxyalkanoates
SCPC: Starch-containing polycaprolactone
CR: Cellulose regenerated
PTT: Polytrimethylene terephthalate
PEF: Polyethylene furanoate
PP: Polypropylene
PA: Polyamide
PET: Polyethylene terephthalate
PE: Polyethylene

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