The data displays the countries with the biggest lithium reserves worldwide as estimated in 2017. In that year, it was estimated that the U.S. had total lithium reserves of approx. 35,000 metric tons.
Worldwide lithium reserves, by country
Lithium is a soft, silver-white metal within the alkali metal group on the periodic table. In nature, lithium occurs only in compounds due to its high reactivity. Chile had the biggest lithium reserves worldwide in 2017 by a large margin. Chile had an estimated 7.5 million metric tons of lithium reserves.
