The Future Of Global Packaging To 2030

• The global packaging market is valued at $1.2 trillion in 2025, with constant 2024 prices & exchange rates
• This market is forecast to grow as a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% to the year 2030

The advanced economies of Western Europe, North America and Australasia are forecast to grow packaging sales at rates below the global market average rate through to 2030 as they are slower growing and packaging markets are saturated. For Asia, Africa and the Middle East, packaging growth is forecast to be well above the global market average through to 2030 as these regions have large and growing populations and demographic factors like population growth and age distribution have key influence on packaging demand.

This report aims to give readers a comprehensive view of current and future trends in the global packaging market. It quantifies current and future global packaging market sizes in value terms, breaking down key drivers and trends by material, end-use sector and geographic market during 2025–30.

Key Questions

• What are the fastest growing end uses and the trends driving this acceleration?
• How are changing economic conditions and population demographics impacting the packaging market?
• Which pack types are forecast to grow at higher/lower rates than the average global packaging market rate?
• Where is the packaging market strongest regionally and which regions are forecast to exhibit most fluctuation in the market?

This report is essential to 

• Packaging raw material suppliers
• Packaging converters and manufacturers
• Retailers and brand owners

• Executive summary
• Introduction & methodology
• Introduction
• Objectives
• Report scope and market segmentation
• Packaging materials
• End-use sectors
• Geographic markets
• Data
• Methodology
• Changes since the last edition
• List of polymer abbreviations
• Exchange rates
• 
  
• Market overview
• Geographic markets
• Packaging materials market
• Flexible packaging
  • Flexible plastic packaging
  • Flexible paper packaging
  • Flexible foil packaging
• Rigid plastic packaging
  • Board packaging
  • Folding cartons
  • Liquid packaging board (LPB)
• Metal packaging
  • Beverage cans
  • Aerosols
  • Canned food
• Glass
• Other packaging
• End-use markets
• Food
• Drinks
  • Soft drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Hot drinks
• Healthcare
• Cosmetics
• Other consumer goods
  • Household care
  • Entertainment media
  • Tobacco and cigarettes
  • Home improvement products
• Industrial/transit
• Western Europe
  For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• UK
• The Netherlands
• Ireland
• Denmark
• Portugal
• Greece
• Belgium
• Finland
• Sweden
• Norway
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Other Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
  For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• Poland
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Romania
• Bulgaria
• Slovenia
• Hungary
• Croatia
• Serbia
• Other Eastern Europe
• North America
  For each region/country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• Canada
• Mexico
• US
• South & Central America
  For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Other South & Central America
• Middle East
  For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• Turkey
• Other Middle East
• Africa
  For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• South Africa
• Egypt
• Tunisia
• Other Africa
• Asia
• For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries: 
• China
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Philippines
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Other Asia
• Australasia
• For region/each country:
• Economic overview
• Market overview
• Packaging product sectors
• End-use sectors    
• List of countries:
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Other Australasia

TABLES

• Key drivers and trends
• Packaging consumption by world region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by world region, 2025–30 ($ million)
• Global packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World packaging consumption by material, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world packaging consumption by material, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Flexible world packaging: consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world flexible packaging: consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Flexible packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World rigid plastic packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world rigid plastic packaging: consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Rigid plastic packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World board packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world board packaging: consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Board packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World metal packaging: consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world metal packaging: consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Metal packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World glass packaging: consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world glass packaging: consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Glass packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Other packaging consumption by world region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Other packaging: consumption forecast by world region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Other packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World packaging consumption by end use market, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world packaging consumption by end use market, 2024–30 ($ million)
• World food packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast food packaging consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Food packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World drinks packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world drinks packaging consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Drinks packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World healthcare packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world healthcare packaging consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Healthcare packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World cosmetics packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world cosmetics packaging consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Cosmetics packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World packaging consumption for other consumer goods by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world packaging consumption for other consumer goods by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Other consumer goods packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)
• World industrial/transit packaging consumption by region, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast world industrial/transit packaging consumption by region, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Industrial/transit packaging: top 10 national markets, 2020–30 ($ million)

For each region:

• Economic trends, 2020–30
• Packaging market value, 2020–24
• Forecast packaging market value, 2024–30
• Packaging consumption by country, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by country, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Packaging consumption by type, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by type, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Packaging consumption by end-use sector, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by end-use sector, 2024–30 ($ million)

List of regions:

• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• North America
• South & Central America
• Middle East
• Africa
• Asia
• Australasia

For each country:

• Key facts, 2024
• Economic trends, 2020–30
• Packaging market value, 2020–24
• Forecast packaging market value, 2024–30
• Packaging consumption by country, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by country, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Packaging consumption by type, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by type, 2024–30 ($ million)
• Packaging consumption by end-use sector, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Forecast packaging consumption by end-use sector, 2024–30 ($ million)

List of countries:

• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• UK
• The Netherlands
• Ireland
• Denmark
• Portugal
• Greece
• Belgium
• Finland
• Sweden
• Norway
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Other Western Europe
• Poland
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Romania
• Bulgaria
• Slovenia
• Hungary
• Croatia
• Serbia
• Other Eastern Europe
• Canada
• Mexico
• US
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Other South & Central America
• Turkey
• Other Middle East
• South Africa
• Egypt
• Tunisia
• Other Africa
• China
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Philippines
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Other Asia
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Other Australasia