Lithium mine production (2025)

Australia leads the world in lithium mine production at 92K metric tons in 2025, followed by China (62K metric tons) and Chile (56K metric tons). Zimbabwe (28K metric tons) and Argentina (23K metric tons) close out the top 5. Next up, Brazil (12K metric tons) and Mali (9.4K metric tons). Canada (5.6K metric tons) and Portugal (380 metric tons) round out the top nine. The gap across this list is wide: Australia has 242× the value of Portugal (380 metric tons). Three of the top nine are in South America. Among these countries, Mali saw the largest year-over-year change at +999.0%.