Fortunately, lithium carbonate seems to be fairly widely distributed across the world.

The countries with the biggest annual output of lithium carbonate, measured in metric tons, are:

Australia 76,104

Chile. 63,864

Argentina. 30,335

China 10,644

Zimbabwe 4,790

U.S.A. 4,630

Brazil 1,064

Portugal. 1,064

Those countries with the biggest deposits of lithium in millions of metric tons are:

Argentina 9

Bolivia 9

Chile 7.5

China 7

USA 6.9

Australia 2

Canada 2

Congo 1

Russia 1

Serbia. 1

The known world total is 47.

The price has been gradually rising: