This statistic depicts a projection of the total lithium demand worldwide from 2018 to 2025. In 2025, the total demand for lithium is expected to reach 820,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent. Increases in battery demand will be a strong driver of lithium consumption in the near future.
Projection of total worldwide lithium demand from 2018 to 2025
(in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)
Demand in thousand metric tons lithium carbonate equivalent
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Sociedad Química y Minera. (November 25, 2019). Projection of total worldwide lithium demand from 2018 to 2025 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Sociedad Química y Minera. "Projection of total worldwide lithium demand from 2018 to 2025 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)." Chart. November 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Sociedad Química y Minera. (2019). Projection of total worldwide lithium demand from 2018 to 2025 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Sociedad Química y Minera. "Projection of Total Worldwide Lithium Demand from 2018 to 2025 (in 1,000 Metric Tons of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Sociedad Química y Minera, Projection of total worldwide lithium demand from 2018 to 2025 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/ (last visited August 06, 2020)
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