Lithium production in Chile in 2024 — 56,928 t. Ranked 2 in the world out of 8. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2,746.4%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chile
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56,928 | +8,830 | +18.36% |
| 2023 | 48,099 | −722 | −1.48% |
| 2022 | 48,821 | +20,579 | +72.87% |
| 2021 | 28,242 | +6,612 | +30.57% |
| 2020 | 21,630 | +2,389 | +12.42% |
| 2019 | 19,241 | +2,267 | +13.35% |
| 2018 | 16,975 | +2,741 | +19.26% |
| 2017 | 14,234 | +638 | +4.69% |
| 2016 | 13,596 | +3,786 | +38.6% |
| 2015 | 9,810 | −1,025 | −9.46% |
| 2014 | 10,834 | +329 | +3.13% |
| 2013 | 10,505 | −1,820 | −14.77% |
| 2012 | 12,325 | +435 | +3.66% |
| 2011 | 11,891 | +3,011 | +33.91% |
| 2010 | 8,880 | +3,762 | +73.52% |
| 2009 | 5,118 | −4,701 | −47.88% |
| 2008 | 9,819 | −501 | −4.86% |
| 2007 | 10,320 | +1,443 | +16.26% |
| 2006 | 8,877 | +671 | +8.18% |
| 2005 | 8,206 | −135 | −1.61% |
| 2004 | 8,341 | +514 | +6.56% |
| 2003 | 7,827 | +1,207 | +18.23% |
| 2002 | 6,620 | +737 | +12.52% |
| 2001 | 5,883 | −855 | −12.68% |
| 2000 | 6,738 | +1,033 | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 5,705 | +243 | +4.44% |
| 1998 | 5,463 | +908 | +19.94% |
| 1997 | 4,555 | +1,891 | +70.99% |
| 1996 | 2,664 | +664 | +33.18% |
| 1995 | 2,000 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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).
