Lithium production in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 84,928 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 4,063.2%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 84,928 | +22,940 | +37.01% |
| 2023 | 61,989 | +4,160 | +7.19% |
| 2022 | 57,829 | +21,920 | +61.04% |
| 2021 | 35,909 | +6,959 | +24.04% |
| 2020 | 28,950 | +1,237 | +4.47% |
| 2019 | 27,713 | +3,291 | +13.48% |
| 2018 | 24,422 | +4,219 | +20.88% |
| 2017 | 20,203 | +582 | +2.97% |
| 2016 | 19,621 | +6,064 | +44.73% |
| 2015 | 13,557 | −637 | −4.49% |
| 2014 | 14,194 | +789 | +5.89% |
| 2013 | 13,405 | −1,770 | −11.67% |
| 2012 | 15,175 | +15 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 15,161 | +3,171 | +26.45% |
| 2010 | 11,990 | +4,492 | +59.92% |
| 2009 | 7,498 | −5,651 | −42.98% |
| 2008 | 13,149 | −351 | −2.6% |
| 2007 | 13,500 | +1,481 | +12.32% |
| 2006 | 12,019 | +1,591 | +15.26% |
| 2005 | 10,428 | −125 | −1.18% |
| 2004 | 10,553 | +1,526 | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 9,027 | +1,237 | +15.88% |
| 2002 | 7,790 | +1,487 | +23.59% |
| 2001 | 6,303 | −665 | −9.54% |
| 2000 | 6,968 | +1,031 | +17.36% |
| 1999 | 5,937 | −687 | −10.38% |
| 1998 | 6,625 | +2,030 | +44.19% |
| 1997 | 4,595 | +1,891 | +69.94% |
| 1996 | 2,704 | +664 | +32.53% |
| 1995 | 2,040 | — | — |
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).