Lithium production in BRICS in 2024 — 51,000 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 14,388.6%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51,000 | +10,040 | +24.51% |
| 2023 | 40,960 | +15,730 | +62.35% |
| 2022 | 25,230 | +9,530 | +60.7% |
| 2021 | 15,700 | +980 | +6.66% |
| 2020 | 14,720 | +1,748 | +13.48% |
| 2019 | 12,972 | +4,824 | +59.21% |
| 2018 | 8,148 | +1,078 | +15.25% |
| 2017 | 7,069 | +4,545 | +179.99% |
| 2016 | 2,525 | +377 | +17.56% |
| 2015 | 2,148 | −312 | −12.7% |
| 2014 | 2,460 | −2,640 | −51.76% |
| 2013 | 5,100 | +450 | +9.68% |
| 2012 | 4,650 | +190 | +4.26% |
| 2011 | 4,460 | +350 | +8.52% |
| 2010 | 4,110 | +190 | +4.85% |
| 2009 | 3,920 | +470 | +13.62% |
| 2008 | 3,450 | +260 | +8.15% |
| 2007 | 3,190 | +128 | +4.18% |
| 2006 | 3,062 | +0 | +0% |
| 2005 | 3,062 | +190 | +6.62% |
| 2004 | 2,872 | +132 | +4.82% |
| 2003 | 2,740 | +116 | +4.42% |
| 2002 | 2,624 | +4 | +0.15% |
| 2001 | 2,620 | +190 | +7.82% |
| 2000 | 2,430 | +98 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2,332 | −700 | −23.09% |
| 1998 | 3,032 | +100 | +3.41% |
| 1997 | 2,932 | +100 | +3.53% |
| 1996 | 2,832 | +2,480 | +704.55% |
| 1995 | 352 | — | — |
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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