Lithium production in Mercosur in 2024 — 28,000 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 69,900%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,000 | +14,110 | +101.58% |
| 2023 | 13,890 | +4,882 | +54.2% |
| 2022 | 9,008 | +1,341 | +17.49% |
| 2021 | 7,667 | +347 | +4.74% |
| 2020 | 7,320 | −1,152 | −13.59% |
| 2019 | 8,472 | +1,024 | +13.75% |
| 2018 | 7,448 | +1,478 | +24.76% |
| 2017 | 5,969 | −55 | −0.92% |
| 2016 | 6,025 | +2,277 | +60.76% |
| 2015 | 3,748 | +388 | +11.54% |
| 2014 | 3,360 | +460 | +15.86% |
| 2013 | 2,900 | +50 | +1.75% |
| 2012 | 2,850 | −420 | −12.84% |
| 2011 | 3,270 | +160 | +5.14% |
| 2010 | 3,110 | +730 | +30.67% |
| 2009 | 2,380 | −950 | −28.53% |
| 2008 | 3,330 | +150 | +4.72% |
| 2007 | 3,180 | +38 | +1.21% |
| 2006 | 3,142 | +920 | +41.4% |
| 2005 | 2,222 | +10 | +0.45% |
| 2004 | 2,212 | +1,012 | +84.33% |
| 2003 | 1,200 | +30 | +2.56% |
| 2002 | 1,170 | +750 | +178.57% |
| 2001 | 420 | +190 | +82.61% |
| 2000 | 230 | −2 | −0.86% |
| 1999 | 232 | −930 | −80.03% |
| 1998 | 1,162 | +1,122 | +2,805% |
| 1997 | 40 | +0 | +0% |
| 1996 | 40 | +0 | +0% |
| 1995 | 40 | — | — |
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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