Lithium production in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 69,000 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 19,066.7%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,000 | +19,410 | +39.14% |
| 2023 | 49,590 | +17,982 | +56.89% |
| 2022 | 31,608 | +9,941 | +45.88% |
| 2021 | 21,667 | +1,047 | +5.08% |
| 2020 | 20,620 | +1,348 | +7% |
| 2019 | 19,272 | +4,724 | +32.47% |
| 2018 | 14,548 | +1,778 | +13.92% |
| 2017 | 12,769 | +4,445 | +53.39% |
| 2016 | 8,325 | +2,577 | +44.84% |
| 2015 | 5,748 | +88 | +1.55% |
| 2014 | 5,660 | −1,940 | −25.53% |
| 2013 | 7,600 | +250 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 7,350 | −60 | −0.81% |
| 2011 | 7,410 | +350 | +4.96% |
| 2010 | 7,060 | +920 | +14.98% |
| 2009 | 6,140 | −480 | −7.25% |
| 2008 | 6,620 | +430 | +6.95% |
| 2007 | 6,190 | +228 | +3.82% |
| 2006 | 5,962 | +920 | +18.25% |
| 2005 | 5,042 | +200 | +4.13% |
| 2004 | 4,842 | +1,142 | +30.86% |
| 2003 | 3,700 | +130 | +3.64% |
| 2002 | 3,570 | +750 | +26.6% |
| 2001 | 2,820 | +190 | +7.22% |
| 2000 | 2,630 | +98 | +3.87% |
| 1999 | 2,532 | −1,630 | −39.16% |
| 1998 | 4,162 | +1,222 | +41.56% |
| 1997 | 2,940 | +100 | +3.52% |
| 1996 | 2,840 | +2,480 | +688.89% |
| 1995 | 360 | — | — |
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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