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Lithium production — North America

Lithium production in North America in 2024 — 921 t. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 73.7%.

2024 921 t +49.71% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 4,000 t1996
Period minimum 615 t2022

Trend over time

1995–2024 · tonnes

Lithium production — North America, 1995–202401,0002,0003,0004,000199519982001200420072010201320162019202220241995: 3,500 t1996: 4,000 t1997: 4,000 t1998: 1,500 t1999: 1,500 t2000: 1,500 t2001: 1,500 t2002: 1,500 t2003: 1,500 t2004: 1,500 t2005: 1,500 t2006: 1,500 t2007: 1,500 t2008: 1,500 t2009: 1,500 t2010: 1,000 t2011: 1,000 t2012: 1,000 t2013: 870 t2014: 900 t2015: 900 t2016: 900 t2017: 900 t2018: 900 t2019: 900 t2020: 900 t2021: 939 t2022: 615 t2023: 615 t2024: 921 t
Change over the period: −2,579 (−73.7%) Average annual rate: -4.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 921 t
World 244,637 t
Lithium production — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year t Change Change, %
2024 921 +306 +49.71%
2023 615 +0 +0%
2022 615 −324 −34.53%
2021 939 +39 +4.36%
2020 900 +0 +0%
2019 900 +0 +0%
2018 900 +0 +0%
2017 900 +0 +0%
2016 900 +0 +0%
2015 900 +0 +0%
2014 900 +30 +3.45%
2013 870 −130 −13%
2012 1,000 +0 +0%
2011 1,000 +0 +0%
2010 1,000 −500 −33.33%
2009 1,500 +0 +0%
2008 1,500 +0 +0%
2007 1,500 +0 +0%
2006 1,500 +0 +0%
2005 1,500 +0 +0%
2004 1,500 +0 +0%
2003 1,500 +0 +0%
2002 1,500 +0 +0%
2001 1,500 +0 +0%
2000 1,500 +0 +0%
1999 1,500 +0 +0%
1998 1,500 −2,500 −62.5%
1997 4,000 +0 +0%
1996 4,000 +500 +14.29%
1995 3,500 — —

About the indicator

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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