Lithium production in Australia in 2024 — 88,000 t. Ranked 1 in the world out of 8. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 3,840%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 88,000 | −3,700 | −4.03% |
| 2023 | 91,700 | +17,000 | +22.76% |
| 2022 | 74,700 | +19,400 | +35.08% |
| 2021 | 55,300 | +15,600 | +39.29% |
| 2020 | 39,700 | −5,300 | −11.78% |
| 2019 | 45,000 | −12,000 | −21.05% |
| 2018 | 57,000 | +35,700 | +167.61% |
| 2017 | 21,300 | +7,300 | +52.14% |
| 2016 | 14,000 | +2,071 | +17.36% |
| 2015 | 11,929 | −446 | −3.6% |
| 2014 | 12,375 | +2,258 | +22.31% |
| 2013 | 10,117 | −2,583 | −20.34% |
| 2012 | 12,700 | +1,000 | +8.55% |
| 2011 | 11,700 | +3,235 | +38.21% |
| 2010 | 8,465 | +2,961 | +53.8% |
| 2009 | 5,504 | −1,172 | −17.55% |
| 2008 | 6,676 | −160 | −2.34% |
| 2007 | 6,836 | +646 | +10.44% |
| 2006 | 6,190 | +1,351 | +27.91% |
| 2005 | 4,839 | +1,538 | +46.59% |
| 2004 | 3,301 | −199 | −5.67% |
| 2003 | 3,500 | +1,296 | +58.79% |
| 2002 | 2,204 | −22 | −0.97% |
| 2001 | 2,226 | +400 | +21.91% |
| 2000 | 1,826 | +320 | +21.25% |
| 1999 | 1,506 | +326 | +27.6% |
| 1998 | 1,180 | −397 | −25.16% |
| 1997 | 1,577 | −2,306 | −59.39% |
| 1996 | 3,882 | +1,649 | +73.82% |
| 1995 | 2,233 | — | — |
Lithium production measured as contained metal, from U.S. Geological Survey data. Lithium became a subject of separate attention because of traction batteries: demand for it is set by the production of electric vehicles, and output has grown several times over in the past decade. Concentration is extreme — practically all of it comes from Australia, Chile and China, so the market is more sensitive to events in one or two countries than any other commodity market.
Important: The table holds eight territories — that is everyone who mines lithium; for the rest it is not a gap in the data but a zero. USGS estimates are revised after the fact, so values for past years change in new releases.
Source: Mineral Commodity Summaries (USGS), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).
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