Lithium production in the Euro area in 2024 — 380 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 137.5%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 380 | +0 | +0% |
| 2023 | 380 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 380 | −520 | −57.78% |
| 2021 | 900 | +552 | +158.79% |
| 2020 | 348 | −551 | −61.3% |
| 2019 | 899 | −254 | −22.01% |
| 2018 | 1,152 | +391 | +51.39% |
| 2017 | 761 | +375 | +97% |
| 2016 | 386 | +130 | +50.46% |
| 2015 | 257 | −5 | −1.94% |
| 2014 | 262 | −37 | −12.44% |
| 2013 | 299 | −11 | −3.66% |
| 2012 | 310 | −253 | −44.86% |
| 2011 | 563 | −39 | −6.42% |
| 2010 | 602 | +41 | +7.36% |
| 2009 | 560 | +37 | +7.08% |
| 2008 | 523 | +2 | +0.38% |
| 2007 | 521 | +94 | +21.96% |
| 2006 | 427 | +35 | +8.83% |
| 2005 | 393 | −38 | −8.75% |
| 2004 | 430 | +61 | +16.62% |
| 2003 | 369 | +124 | +50.73% |
| 2002 | 245 | +71 | +41.09% |
| 2001 | 174 | +33 | +23.73% |
| 2000 | 140 | −83 | −37.07% |
| 1999 | 223 | +63 | +39.33% |
| 1998 | 160 | −20 | −11.11% |
| 1997 | 180 | +20 | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 160 | +0 | +0% |
| 1995 | 160 | — | — |
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).