In 2030, the global demand for lithium is expected to surpass two million metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent, more than doubling the demand forecast for 2025. Increases in battery demand for electric vehicles will be a strong driver of lithium consumption in the next decade.
Projection of worldwide lithium demand from 2019 to 2030
(in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)
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Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (January 13, 2022). Projection of worldwide lithium demand from 2019 to 2030 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. "Projection of worldwide lithium demand from 2019 to 2030 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)." Chart. January 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (2022). Projection of worldwide lithium demand from 2019 to 2030 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. "Projection of Worldwide Lithium Demand from 2019 to 2030 (in 1,000 Metric Tons of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre, Projection of worldwide lithium demand from 2019 to 2030 (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/452025/projected-total-demand-for-lithium-globally/ (last visited July 05, 2022)
