Africa’s share of global critical mineral production

Africa is a major source of critical minerals essential to the global energy transition, accounting for 72.4% of global manganese production in 2025, followed by 71.2% of cobalt, 13.9% of copper, 11.9% of natural graphite, 9.6% of lithium and 0.7% of rare earth metals.

These totals are the reported shares of African countries included in the data and may not represent Africa’s full production share.
Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026.