Lithium production in high-income countries in 2024 — 146,229 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 1,752.5%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 146,229 | +5,435 | +3.86% |
| 2023 | 140,794 | +16,278 | +13.07% |
| 2022 | 124,516 | +39,135 | +45.84% |
| 2021 | 85,381 | +22,803 | +36.44% |
| 2020 | 62,578 | −3,462 | −5.24% |
| 2019 | 66,040 | −9,987 | −13.14% |
| 2018 | 76,027 | +38,832 | +104.4% |
| 2017 | 37,195 | +8,312 | +28.78% |
| 2016 | 28,882 | +5,987 | +26.15% |
| 2015 | 22,895 | −1,476 | −6.05% |
| 2014 | 24,371 | +2,579 | +11.84% |
| 2013 | 21,792 | −4,544 | −17.26% |
| 2012 | 26,336 | +1,182 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 25,154 | +6,207 | +32.76% |
| 2010 | 18,947 | +6,265 | +49.4% |
| 2009 | 12,682 | −5,836 | −31.52% |
| 2008 | 18,518 | −660 | −3.44% |
| 2007 | 19,178 | +2,183 | +12.84% |
| 2006 | 16,995 | +2,057 | +13.77% |
| 2005 | 14,938 | +1,366 | +10.06% |
| 2004 | 13,573 | +376 | +2.85% |
| 2003 | 13,196 | +2,627 | +24.85% |
| 2002 | 10,569 | +786 | +8.04% |
| 2001 | 9,783 | −421 | −4.13% |
| 2000 | 10,204 | +1,270 | +14.22% |
| 1999 | 8,934 | +631 | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 8,303 | −2,008 | −19.48% |
| 1997 | 10,311 | −395 | −3.69% |
| 1996 | 10,706 | +2,812 | +35.63% |
| 1995 | 7,893 | — | — |
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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