List of countries by lithium production explained
This is a list of countries by lithium mine production from 2018 onwards.[1]
Rank! rowspan=2 width=135pxCountry | Year |
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width=85px | 2018[2] | width=85px | 2019[3] | width=85px | 2020[4] | width=85px | 2021 | width=85px | 2022[5] |
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1 | Australia | 51,000 | 45,000 | 39,700 | 55,000 | 61,000 |
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2 | Chile | 16,000 | 19,300 | 21,500 | 26,000 | 39,000 |
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3 | | 8,000 | 10,800 | 13,300 | 14,000 | 19,000 |
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4 | | 6,200 | 6,300 | 5,900 | 6,200 | 6,200 |
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| United States | | | | 5,000 | |
5 | | 600 | 2,400 | 1,420 | 1,500 | 2,200 |
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6 | | 1,600 | 1,200 | 417 | 1,200 | 800 |
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7 | | 800 | 900 | 348 | 900 | 600 |
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8 | | align=center | align=center colspan=2 | 700[6] | 540[7] | align=center |
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| | 2,400 | 200 | | | 500 |
| | 500 | | | | | |
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Global lithium mine production top countries 2019 . Statista . 23 June 2020 . en.
- Web site: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019 . pubs.usgs.gov . United States Geological Survey (USGS) .
- Web site: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2021 . pubs.usgs.gov . United States Geological Survey (USGS) .
- Web site: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022 . pubs.usgs.gov . United States Geological Survey (USGS) .
- Web site: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2023 . pubs.usgs.gov . United States Geological Survey (USGS) .
- Web site: Bolivia rethinks how to industrialise its lithium amid political transition . Telma Jemio . Miriam . 19 May 2020 . dialogochino.net . Diálogo Chino .
- News: Dube . Ryan . 10 August 2022 . The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution . . . Years after the factory’s 2013 opening, production is virtually nonexistent. In 2021, Bolivia produced just 540 tons of lithium carbonate, according to YLB, or what Chile produces in a day and a half. .