Lithium production in China in 2024 — 41,000 t. Ranked 3 in the world out of 8. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 12,712.5%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41,000 | +5,300 | +14.85% |
| 2023 | 35,700 | +13,100 | +57.96% |
| 2022 | 22,600 | +8,600 | +61.43% |
| 2021 | 14,000 | +700 | +5.26% |
| 2020 | 13,300 | +2,500 | +23.15% |
| 2019 | 10,800 | +3,700 | +52.11% |
| 2018 | 7,100 | +300 | +4.41% |
| 2017 | 6,800 | +4,500 | +195.65% |
| 2016 | 2,300 | +300 | +15% |
| 2015 | 2,000 | −300 | −13.04% |
| 2014 | 2,300 | −2,400 | −51.06% |
| 2013 | 4,700 | +200 | +4.44% |
| 2012 | 4,500 | +360 | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 4,140 | +190 | +4.81% |
| 2010 | 3,950 | +190 | +5.05% |
| 2009 | 3,760 | +470 | +14.29% |
| 2008 | 3,290 | +280 | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 3,010 | +190 | +6.74% |
| 2006 | 2,820 | +0 | +0% |
| 2005 | 2,820 | +190 | +7.22% |
| 2004 | 2,630 | +130 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,500 | +100 | +4.17% |
| 2002 | 2,400 | +0 | +0% |
| 2001 | 2,400 | +0 | +0% |
| 2000 | 2,400 | +100 | +4.35% |
| 1999 | 2,300 | −700 | −23.33% |
| 1998 | 3,000 | +100 | +3.45% |
| 1997 | 2,900 | +100 | +3.57% |
| 1996 | 2,800 | +2,480 | +775% |
| 1995 | 320 | — | — |
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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