Lithium reserves (2025)

With 9.2M metric tons in 2025, Chile leads the world in lithium reserves, followed by Australia (8.4M metric tons) and China (4.6M metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by Argentina (4.4M metric tons) and United States of America (4.4M metric tons). Further down, Canada (1.6M metric tons) and Brazil (540K metric tons) hold the next two spots. Zimbabwe (500K metric tons), Mali (370K metric tons), and Portugal (60K metric tons) round out the top ten. At the extremes, Chile is 153× as high as Portugal (60K metric tons). Three of the top ten are in South America.