2025 Global Status

This year’s report explores the current state of global circularity, revealing that it has fallen further from 7.2% to 6.9%. This means that only 6.9% of the materials entering the global economy are secondary. Despite some bright spots—such as improvements in secondary material use—challenges remain in areas like rising extraction, biomass consumption, and stock build-up. The report examines how businesses can take action to help close this gap.

Read the full report and explore actionable steps businesses can take on the Circle Economy Foundation webpage.

2024 Global Status

Last year’s report explored how the decline of global circularity to 7.2% is placing pressures on planetary boundaries, and the role four key systems—food, the built environment, manufactured goods and mobility—play in leading change.

The Global Circularity Gap Report 2024 continues the narrative, exploring how circularity, by way of support from governments, financial actors, businesses and citizens alike, can positively impact human well-being, within the constraints of our planetary boundaries.

The ultimate 21st century challenge? Balancing human and planetary wellbeing. Read the 2024 report on the Circle Economy Foundation webpage.