This is a list of countries by lithium mine production from 2018 onwards.[1]
Rank | Country | Year | ||||
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2018[2] | 2019[3] | 2020[4] | 2021[4] | 2022[5] | ||
1 | Australia | 51,000 | 45,000 | 39,700 | 55,000 | 61,000 |
2 | Chile | 16,000 | 19,300 | 21,500 | 26,000 | 39,000 |
3 | China | 8,000 | 10,800 | 13,300 | 14,000 | 19,000 |
4 | Argentina | 6,200 | 6,300 | 5,900 | 6,200 | 6,200 |
— | United States | — | — | — | 5,000[a] | — |
5 | Brazil | 600 | 2,400 | 1,420 | 1,500 | 2,200 |
6 | Zimbabwe | 1,600 | 1,200 | 417 | 1,200 | 800 |
7 | Portugal | 800 | 900 | 348 | 900 | 600 |
8 | Bolivia | — | 700[8] | 540[9] | — | |
— | Canada | 2,400 | 200 | — | — | 500 |
— | Namibia | 500 | — | — | — | — |
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.