Cobalt production in the Caribbean in 2024 — 3,609 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 126.8%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,609 | +371 | +11.47% |
| 2023 | 3,237 | −554 | −14.61% |
| 2022 | 3,791 | −178 | −4.48% |
| 2021 | 3,969 | +176 | +4.63% |
| 2020 | 3,793 | −7 | −0.18% |
| 2019 | 3,800 | +300 | +8.57% |
| 2018 | 3,500 | −400 | −10.26% |
| 2017 | 3,900 | +0 | +0% |
| 2016 | 3,900 | −100 | −2.5% |
| 2015 | 4,000 | +300 | +8.11% |
| 2014 | 3,700 | −300 | −7.5% |
| 2013 | 4,000 | −700 | −14.89% |
| 2012 | 4,700 | −400 | −7.84% |
| 2011 | 5,100 | +300 | +6.25% |
| 2010 | 4,800 | +200 | +4.35% |
| 2009 | 4,600 | +600 | +15% |
| 2008 | 4,000 | −540 | −11.89% |
| 2007 | 4,540 | −1,062 | −18.96% |
| 2006 | 5,602 | +804 | +16.76% |
| 2005 | 4,798 | +1,244 | +35% |
| 2004 | 3,554 | +280 | +8.55% |
| 2003 | 3,274 | −168 | −4.88% |
| 2002 | 3,442 | +17 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 3,425 | +573 | +20.09% |
| 2000 | 2,852 | +315 | +12.42% |
| 1999 | 2,537 | −128 | −4.8% |
| 1998 | 2,665 | +307 | +13.02% |
| 1997 | 2,358 | +347 | +17.26% |
| 1996 | 2,011 | +420 | +26.4% |
| 1995 | 1,591 | — | — |
Cobalt production measured as contained metal, from U.S. Geological Survey data. Cobalt is needed for the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries, and its production is concentrated more tightly than that of any other important metal: more than two-thirds of the world total comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is because of that concentration that battery makers have spent recent years looking for chemistries with a smaller share of cobalt, or none at all.
Important: Cobalt is almost always mined as a by-product — together with copper or nickel — so its volume depends on the market for the main metal and not only on demand for cobalt itself.
Source: Mineral Commodity Summaries (USGS), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).