Lithium production in NATO in 2024 — 1,301 t. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 64.5%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: NATO
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,301 | +306 | +30.72% |
| 2023 | 995 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 995 | −844 | −45.91% |
| 2021 | 1,839 | +591 | +47.4% |
| 2020 | 1,248 | −551 | −30.63% |
| 2019 | 1,799 | −254 | −12.36% |
| 2018 | 2,052 | +391 | +23.55% |
| 2017 | 1,661 | +375 | +29.13% |
| 2016 | 1,286 | +130 | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 1,157 | −5 | −0.44% |
| 2014 | 1,162 | −7 | −0.62% |
| 2013 | 1,169 | −141 | −10.79% |
| 2012 | 1,310 | −253 | −16.16% |
| 2011 | 1,563 | −39 | −2.41% |
| 2010 | 1,602 | −459 | −22.27% |
| 2009 | 2,060 | +37 | +1.83% |
| 2008 | 2,023 | +2 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,021 | +94 | +4.87% |
| 2006 | 1,927 | +35 | +1.83% |
| 2005 | 1,893 | −38 | −1.95% |
| 2004 | 1,930 | +61 | +3.28% |
| 2003 | 1,869 | +124 | +7.12% |
| 2002 | 1,745 | +71 | +4.26% |
| 2001 | 1,674 | +33 | +2.03% |
| 2000 | 1,640 | −83 | −4.8% |
| 1999 | 1,723 | +63 | +3.79% |
| 1998 | 1,660 | −2,520 | −60.29% |
| 1997 | 4,180 | +20 | +0.48% |
| 1996 | 4,160 | +500 | +13.66% |
| 1995 | 3,660 | — | — |
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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