Lithium production in the G20 in 2024 — 157,921 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2,491.6%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 157,921 | +16,016 | +11.29% |
| 2023 | 141,905 | +34,982 | +32.72% |
| 2022 | 106,923 | +29,017 | +37.25% |
| 2021 | 77,906 | +16,686 | +27.26% |
| 2020 | 61,220 | −3,952 | −6.06% |
| 2019 | 65,172 | −7,276 | −10.04% |
| 2018 | 72,448 | +37,478 | +107.17% |
| 2017 | 34,969 | +11,745 | +50.57% |
| 2016 | 23,225 | +4,648 | +25.02% |
| 2015 | 18,577 | −358 | −1.89% |
| 2014 | 18,935 | +348 | +1.87% |
| 2013 | 18,587 | −2,463 | −11.7% |
| 2012 | 21,050 | +940 | +4.67% |
| 2011 | 20,110 | +3,585 | +21.69% |
| 2010 | 16,525 | +3,381 | +25.72% |
| 2009 | 13,144 | −1,652 | −11.16% |
| 2008 | 14,796 | +270 | +1.86% |
| 2007 | 14,526 | +874 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 13,652 | +2,271 | +19.95% |
| 2005 | 11,381 | +1,738 | +18.02% |
| 2004 | 9,643 | +943 | +10.84% |
| 2003 | 8,700 | +1,426 | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 7,274 | +728 | +11.13% |
| 2001 | 6,546 | +590 | +9.91% |
| 2000 | 5,956 | +418 | +7.55% |
| 1999 | 5,538 | −1,304 | −19.06% |
| 1998 | 6,842 | −1,675 | −19.66% |
| 1997 | 8,517 | −2,206 | −20.57% |
| 1996 | 10,722 | +4,629 | +75.96% |
| 1995 | 6,093 | — | — |
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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