Country rankings
What Countries Have Lithium?
Australia has the highest Lithium Production in 2024 (88,000 t), followed by Chile (49,000 t) and China (41,000 t). Portugal has the lowest (380 t).
9 of 235 countries
Lithium Production, 2024
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
18,000 t
Middle half 4,300 t – 41,000 t
Average
26,153 t
9 countries
Highest
88,000 t
Australia
Lowest
380 t
Portugal
Over time · 2018–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Australia
- Chile
- China
- Zimbabwe
- Argentina
Data
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24 countries · # = rank by Lithium Production
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 88,000 t | 43.4% | 7M t | 8.7M t |
| 2 |  Chile | 49,000 t | 28.5% | 9.3M t | 11M t |
| 3 |  China | 41,000 t | 16.7% | 3M t | 6.8M t |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe | 22,000 t | 1.7% | 480K t | 6.9M t |
| 5 |  Argentina | 18,000 t | 4.8% | 4M t | 22M t |
| 6 |  Brazil | 10,000 t | 2.5% | 390K t | 800K t |
| 7 |  Canada | 4,300 t | — | 1.2M t | 3M t |
| 8 |  Namibia | 2,700 t | — | 14K t | 230K t |
| 9 |  Portugal | 380 t | 0.2% | 60K t | 270K t |
| — |  United States | — | — | 1.8M t | 14M t |
| — |  Russia | — | — | — | 1M t |
| — |  Mexico | — | — | — | 1.7M t |
| — |  DR Congo | — | — | — | 3M t |
| — |  Germany | — | — | — | 3.8M t |
| — |  Spain | — | — | — | 320K t |
| — |  Ghana | — | — | — | 200K t |
| — |  Peru | — | — | — | 1M t |
| — |  Mali | — | — | — | 890K t |
| — |  Kazakhstan | — | — | — | 50K t |
| — |  Bolivia | — | — | — | 23M t |
| — |  Czechia | — | — | — | 1.3M t |
| — |  Austria | — | — | — | 60K t |
| — |  Serbia | — | — | — | 1.2M t |
| — |  Finland | — | — | — | 68K t |
What correlates with Lithium Production (2024)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Lithium Production?
- Australia has the highest Lithium Production in 2024, at 88,000 t, followed by Chile (49,000 t) and China (41,000 t).
- Which country has the lowest Lithium Production?
- Portugal has the lowest Lithium Production in 2024, at 380 t.
- What is the median Lithium Production across countries?
- The median is 18,000 t across the 9 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this what countries have lithium? data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Top 10 Lithium-Producing Countries - Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence; Mineral Commodity Summaries 2023 - United States Geological Survey; List of countries by lithium production - Wiki; Lithium Production and Reserves - BP Statistical Review of World Energy.