Kyrgyzstan

Afghanistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

Austria

Czechia

France

Portugal

Europe

French Guiana (France)

Chile

Argentina

Bolivia

Ecuador

Suriname

Brazil

Latin America

Canada

United States

Mexico

North America

India

South Asia

Mozambique

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Democratic Republic of Congo

Mali

Sub-Saharan Africa

<p>A map shows global lithium mines marked by green circles. High concentrations are found in the United States and South America. Moderate (5 to 6 mines) are found in Africa, Asia, and Europe, with fewer in Australia.</p>

<p>Locations of lithium mines worldwide</p>

Lithium Mines

World

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Albania

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Belize

Colombia

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Antarctica

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Lithium Mines	Electricity Generation from Solar Power
Lithium Mines	Class	Rank	Billion kilowatt hours (kWh)


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