Africa Glass Bottles and Containers - Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts (2026-2031)

The africa glass bottles and Containers Market size is projected to expand from 4.73 Million tons in 2025 and 4.99 Million tons in 2026 to 6.36 Million tons by 2031, registering a CAGR of 4.97% between 2026 to 2031. This report is Segmented by End-User (Beverages, Food, Cosmetics and Personal Care, and More), Color (Flint, Amber, Green, and More), and Geography (Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and More). The Market Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Volume (Tons).

Africa Glass Bottles And Containers Market Trends and Insights

Rising Beverage Consumption and Premium-Packaging Demand

Africa’s accelerating thirst for branded beer, spirits, and carbonated soft drinks is lifting high-value glass demand far faster than headline population growth. East African Breweries recovered more than 17 million returnable bottles in fiscal 2024-2025, evidence that refillable glass stays core to beer economics even as PET advances in water and juice. Craft distillers such as Kenya’s Procera Gin now specify embossing, screen-printing, and bespoke closures, pushing converters toward shorter production runs with higher unit margins. In West Africa, Beta Glass booked NGN 78.2 billion (USD 97.4 million) first-half 2025 revenue, underscoring steady pull-through from beverage fillers. As middle-income cohorts mature and premiumize consumption, this driver is expected to add about 1.2 percentage points to the baseline CAGR.

Regulatory Push For Food-grade, Recyclable Packaging

Governments are tightening disposal and safety standards, tilting the playing field toward infinitely recyclable glass. Kenya’s 2024 EPR rules introduced a KSh 150 import levy on each glass item and mandated producers to take-back schemes, effectively shielding local output from low-cost imports. A South African feasibility study showed that a ZAR 1 deposit can raise collection to 90%, diverting roughly 305,000-477,000 tons from landfills. The African Union’s 2024-2034 Circular Economy Action Plan fixes a 30% recycling target, giving manufacturers confidence to scale cullet infrastructure. These steps are forecast to lift the CAGR by 0.9 percentage points, with the sharpest early gains in Kenya and South Africa, where enforcement is already visible.

Proliferation of PET and aluminium lightweight formats

Cheaper, lighter plastics and cans are capturing share in soft drinks, water, and entry-level wine. Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company opened a Lagos PET hub capable of converting 13,000 tons annually into food-grade rPET, intensifying brand owner preference for single-trip plastic in on-the-go channels. A recent International Aluminium Institute study placed glass at the top of the cost and emissions ladder per unit, reinforcing beverage firms’ multiformat hedging. Bag-in-box already accounted for 49.4% of South African domestic wine packaging in 2023, underscoring the pressure on glass displacement. Collectively, these forces are expected to dilute CAGR by 0.8 percentage points over the near term.

Other drivers and restraints analyzed in the detailed report include:

• Urban Middle-class Expansion Boosting Beer And CSD Volumes
• AfCFTA-driven Intra-Africa Trade In Glass-packaged Goods
• High Energy-input And Power-reliability Costs

Segment Analysis

Beverages accounted for 72.12% of 2025 volume, anchoring the Africa glass bottles and containers market leadership stack. Beer is the single largest sub-category, but premium spirits and wine sustain higher unit margins, especially in South Africa’s export-focused Western Cape. East African Breweries’ recovery of more than 17 million returnable bottles in fiscal 2024-2025 signals the entrenched dominance of refillable loops that favor glass over disposables. Non-alcoholic brands still lean on PET for value lines, though fluted glass remains the packaging of choice for premium juices.

Cosmetics and personal care is projected to grow at 5.88% through 2031, the fastest among all uses. Rising disposable income, strong adoption of online beauty, and the cachet of glass in fragrance and serums underpin demand. Arab Pharmaceutical Glass Company operates three furnaces, producing 1.25 million containers a day for pharma and beauty clients, demonstrating that quality-certified supply is available in-region. With global specialist Gerresheimer divesting its moulded-glass unit, regional converters see an opportunity to fill capability gaps and shorten lead times.

Complete Report Scope:

• By End-user
  • Beverages
    • Alcoholic
      • Beer
      • Wine
      • Spirits
      • Other Alcoholic Beverages (Cider and Other Fermented Drinks)
    • Non-Alcoholic
      • Juices
      • Carbonated Drinks (CSDs)
      • Dairy Product Based Drinks
      • Other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
  • Food (Jam, Jelly, Marmalades, Honey, Sausages and Condiments, Oil, Pickles)
  • Cosmetics and Personal Care
  • Pharmaceuticals (excluding Vials and Ampoules)
  • Perfumery
• By Color
  • Green
  • Amber
  • Flint
  • Other Colors
• By Country
  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • Kenya
  • Morocco
  • South Africa
  • Rest of Africa

List of Companies Covered in this Report:

• Ardagh Group S.A.
• Beta Glass PLC
• Consol Glass Pty Ltd
• O-I Glass, Inc.
• Verallia Packaging S.A.S.
• Isanti Glass 1 (Pty) Ltd
• Kandil Glass
• Middle East Glass Manufacturing Company S.A.E.
• Saverglass SAS
• African Glass Limited
• The National Company for Glass and Crystal S.A.E.
• Gerresheimer AG
• Arab Pharmaceutical Glass Company S.A.E.
• Dalgen Packaging CC
• Nampak Limited
• United Glass Containers Company (UGC)
• Société d'Exploitation de Verreries au Maroc (SEVAM)

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• The market estimate (ME) sheet in Excel format
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