Who produces what
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Lithium: mine production, 2025
World total 290,000 metric tons
| Country | 2025 | Share | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 92,000 | 32% | 1 | +11% |
| China | 62,000 | 21% | 2 | +50% |
| Chile | 56,000 | 19% | 3 | +14% |
| Zimbabwe | 28,000 | 9.7% | 4 | +40% |
| Argentina | 23,000 | 7.9% | 5 | +67% |
| Brazil | 12,000 | 4.1% | 6 | +18% |
| Mali | 9,400 | 3.2% | 7 | +1121% |
| Canada | 5,600 | 1.9% | 8 | +16% |
| Portugal | 380 | 0.1% | 9 | 0% |
| United States | withheld | – | – | – |
Compare countries
| Commodity | Chile | Australia | Argentina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iodine | 68% #1 | – | – |
| Industrial garnet | – | 48% #1 | – |
| Titanium mineral concentrates | – | 44% #1 | – |
| Iron ore | 0.7% #14 | 38% #1 | – |
| Rhenium | 37% #1 | – | – |
| Zirconium and hafnium | – | 32% #1 | – |
| Lithium | 19% #3 | 32% #1 | 7.9% #5 |
| Copper | 23% #1 | 3.2% #8 | – |
| Bauxite and alumina | – | 22% #2 | – |
| Molybdenum | 16% #2 | 0.4% #13 | – |
| Lead | – | 11% #2 | – |
| Gold | – | 8.5% #3 | – |
| Zinc | – | 8.5% #3 | – |
| Manganese | – | 7.9% #4 | – |
| Diatomite | – | – | 7.5% #4 |
| Rare earths | – | 7.4% #3 | – |
| Silver | 5.4% #5 | 3.8% #9 | 3.1% #10 |
| Salt | 3.3% #7 | 4.4% #6 | – |
| Tin | – | 4.1% #7 | – |
| Pumice and pumicite | 2.6% #9 | – | – |
| Cadmium | – | 2.6% #8 | – |
| Gypsum | – | 2.6% #14 | – |
| Aluminum | – | 2% #7 | – |
| Tantalum | – | 2% #6 | – |
| Magnesium compounds | – | 1.9% #7 | – |
| Sulfur | 1.7% #13 | 1.1% #16 | – |
| Industrial sand and gravel | – | 1.3% #14 | 1% #16 |
| Potash | 1.2% #9 | – | – |
| Antimony | – | 1.2% #7 | – |
| Cobalt | – | 1.2% #5 | – |
| Nickel | – | 1.2% #8 | – |
| Tungsten | – | 1.2% #8 | – |
| Phosphate rock | – | 1% #13 | – |
| Silicon | – | 1% #5 | – |
| Nitrogen (ammonia) | – | 0.9% #19 | – |
| Perlite | – | – | 0.7% #9 |
| Lime | – | 0.5% #13 | – |
| Strontium | – | – | 0.2% #5 |
| Natural zeolites | under 0.1% #13 | – | – |
| Boron | 300 | – | 170 |
How to use it
Choose a mineral and the table lists every country USGS names separately for that commodity’s main production measure, largest first. Choose up to three countries in the comparison and the table lines up their world shares wherever at least one of them is listed. The address bar keeps your choice, so a link reopens the same view.
What the numbers mean
Shares are each country’s 2025 figure divided by the USGS world total for the same table, so they are only shown where USGS publishes a numeric total. Ranks count only countries with a published figure; “withheld” marks company data USGS keeps confidential. Each mineral keeps its own unit, and the comparison uses shares, never tonnages, across minerals. Figures are USGS estimates for 2025, not forecasts.