How much natural graphite is mined in the world — the anode material of lithium-ion batteries.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2024.
Top-20 · tonnes
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
China
|
1.27M | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
India
|
116,379 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Madagascar
|
89,000 | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Brazil
|
68,000 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Mozambique
|
35,000 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Türkiye
|
26,369 | 2024 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Canada
|
20,000 | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Russia
|
20,000 | 2024 | 7 | |
| 9 |
Norway
|
7,000 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Sri Lanka
|
3,300 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Ukraine
|
1,200 | 2024 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Mexico
|
1,006 | 2024 | 12 |
Natural graphite production, from U.S. Geological Survey data. Graphite is the third material of the battery trio after lithium and cobalt, and by weight an anode needs more of it than a cathode needs lithium. As in the other two cases, production is concentrated: most of it comes from China, which also processes the graphite mined in other countries, making dependence even greater than production figures show.
Important: Natural graphite only. Synthetic graphite, which is made from petroleum coke and is also used for anodes, is not part of this series.