Lithium production in the United States in 2024 — 921 t. Ranked 7 in the world out of 8. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 73.7%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| 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 | — | — |
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).
