# Lithium (mined) by nation — world ranking

Lithium (mined) ranked across 9 producing nations, highest to lowest. Australia highest at 92.0 kt (2025). Each figure carries its publisher and…

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Updated: 2026-08-10 (the resources domain's last refresh)

Definition: Lithium mined, by lithium content, excluding US output which USGS withholds to protect company data. The latest year is an estimate.
Unit: tonnes. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

Note: the USGS names only the producers it lists; a nation absent here is not recorded as producing none — any output elsewhere sits inside the published world total. Shares of world production, with the "Rest of world" remainder: https://terralore.co/commodities/lithium.md

## Ranking (9 producers listed)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 92.0 kt | 2025 |
| 2 | China | 62.0 kt | 2025 |
| 3 | Chile | 56.0 kt | 2025 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 28.0 kt | 2025 |
| 5 | Argentina | 23.0 kt | 2025 |
| 6 | Brazil | 12.0 kt | 2025 |
| 7 | Mali | 9,400 t | 2025 |
| 8 | Canada | 5,600 t | 2025 |
| 9 | Portugal | 380 t | 2025 |

## Sources

- Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain (U.S. Government work) · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center

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