In 2020, the total demand for lithium worldwide amounted to 292 thousand metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent. It is forecast that by 2030 this quantity will increase to approximately 2.5 million metric tons.
Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application
(in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)
Characteristic
Battery grade - for electric vehicles
Other
2020
113
179
2025*
787
353
2030*
2,084
416
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000
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*Forecast.
Other includes the following applications: battery grade 'other' (non-electric vehicle batteries), specialty/technical grade lithium, and inventory change (assumes an average of three months of available inventory).
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Albemarle. (September 10, 2021). Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/
Albemarle. "Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent)." Chart. September 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/
Albemarle. (2021). Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/
Albemarle. "Demand for Lithium Worldwide in 2020, with a Forecast for 2025 and 2030, by Application (in 1,000 Metric Tons of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/
Albemarle, Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/ (last visited May 06, 2025)
Demand for lithium worldwide in 2020, with a forecast for 2025 and 2030, by application (in 1,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent) [Graph], Albemarle, September 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220158/global-lithium-demand-volume-by-application/
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