Global Resource Map – Location, Production, and Supply-Chain Connections
- 0–1%
- 1%–5%
- 5%–10%
- 10%–25%
- ≥ 25%
- Not listed
Share of the world total, 4,511.889 TWh (terawatt-hours).
West Africa · ML
Mali
Hydropower 0.92 TWh · 0.02% of world
Role in the chains: extraction
Natural resources, measured
Ordered by the country’s largest How this is computedA country's resources are ordered by its largest share of world output on any production column of each table (e.g. palladium within PGMs).Method →Code →. Values are USGS (minerals) or EIA (energy); an “e” marks a USGS estimate.
Hydropower 99th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · <0.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2024 · terawatt-hours | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2024)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source → | 2023: 0.969 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 153 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 153 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Not in the sources read: producers (no USGS country chapter read, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (country not in the OECD 2024 inventory) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Hydroelectricity net generation, annual (series INTL.33-12-<ISO3>-BKWH.A) (billion kilowatthours). Source ↗ World ranking →
Lithium 7th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 3.2% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine production2025 · tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 770 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 9 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 9 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
| Reserves2025 · tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | Year before: — | World: Among 10 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 10 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.
Constraints and changes, as the sources state them
- “Four brine operations in Argentina, seven mineral operations in Australia, one mineral operation in Brazil, two mineral operations in Canada, two brine operations Chile, nine mineral and six brine operations in China, two mineral operations in Mali, and five mineral operations in Zimbabwe accounted for the majority of world lithium production.” USGS ↗
- “Despite some lithium producers reducing output or expansion projects being postponed in 2025 owing to low prices, significant production capacity expansions took place in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Mali, the United States, and Zimbabwe.” USGS ↗
- “Brine-based lithium sources were in various stages of development or exploration in Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, and the United States; mineral-based lithium sources were in various stages of development or exploration in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Congo (Kinshasa), Czechia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zimbabwe; lithium-clay sources were in various stages of development or exploration in Mexico and the United States.” USGS ↗
Not in the sources read: producers (no USGS country chapter read, corpus) · export restrictions (country not in the OECD 2024 inventory) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Mine Production and Reserves (Data in metric tons, lithium content). Source ↗ World ranking →
Also named in the directory, with no production table for this country: Gold.
Market access
Export restrictions it applies
Not covered by (OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)).
Sanctions that name it
- EU · Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali Applies: asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, restrictions on admission. Amended 2025-12-03. EU Sanctions Map ↗
- US · Mali-Related Sanctions OFAC ↗
Read 2026-09-26 from the EU Sanctions Map and OFAC’s program list. A regime targets what its measures name — listed persons, goods, services — not the whole country. UK: gov.uk publishes each regime as prose, with no machine-readable list of measures per regime; not read.
Peers on lithium
The other leading countries by mine production, 2025 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.
- Australia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Chile How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Zimbabwe How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Argentina How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →