Lithium production in the world in 2024 — 244,637 t. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 2,479.1%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 244,637 | +33,225 | +15.72% |
| 2023 | 211,412 | +53,602 | +33.97% |
| 2022 | 157,810 | +49,950 | +46.31% |
| 2021 | 107,860 | +24,155 | +28.86% |
| 2020 | 83,705 | −3,216 | −3.7% |
| 2019 | 86,922 | −8,213 | −8.63% |
| 2018 | 95,134 | +44,284 | +87.09% |
| 2017 | 50,850 | +12,633 | +33.06% |
| 2016 | 38,217 | +8,674 | +29.36% |
| 2015 | 29,543 | −1,408 | −4.55% |
| 2014 | 30,951 | +560 | +1.84% |
| 2013 | 30,392 | −4,354 | −12.53% |
| 2012 | 34,746 | +1,712 | +5.18% |
| 2011 | 33,034 | +6,557 | +24.77% |
| 2010 | 26,477 | +6,945 | +35.56% |
| 2009 | 19,532 | −6,796 | −25.81% |
| 2008 | 26,328 | −47 | −0.18% |
| 2007 | 26,375 | +2,111 | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 24,264 | +3,317 | +15.83% |
| 2005 | 20,947 | +1,586 | +8.19% |
| 2004 | 19,362 | +1,275 | +7.05% |
| 2003 | 18,086 | +2,600 | +16.79% |
| 2002 | 15,486 | +1,483 | +10.59% |
| 2001 | 14,003 | −281 | −1.97% |
| 2000 | 14,284 | +1,408 | +10.94% |
| 1999 | 12,876 | −1,317 | −9.28% |
| 1998 | 14,193 | −1,398 | −8.97% |
| 1997 | 15,591 | +807 | +5.46% |
| 1996 | 14,784 | +5,298 | +55.86% |
| 1995 | 9,485 | — | — |
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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