The mass percentages of the 8 most common elements in the Earth's crust are as follows: (ChC)
| oxygen O | 46.0 |
| silicon Si | 28.0 |
| aluminium Al | 8.23 |
| Iron Fe | 5.6 |
| Calcium Ca | 4.2 |
| Sodium Na | 2.4 |
| Magnesium Mg | 2.3 |
| Potassium K | 2.1 |
| Total | 98.83 |
The remaining elements, make up less than 2% of the Earth's crust.
Abundances in parts per million, by mass, are given below.
| Titanium Ti | 5,600 |
| Hydrogen H | 1,400 |
| Phosphorus P | 1,050 |
| Manganese Mn | 1,000 |
| Fluorine F | 585 |
| Barium Ba | 425 |
| Strontium Sr | 370 |
| Sulphur S | 350 |
| Carbon C | 200 |
| Zirconium Zr | 165 |
| Chlorine Cl | 145 |
| Vanadium V | 120 |
| Chromium Cr | 102 |
| Rubidium Rb | 90 |
| Nickel Ni | 84 |
| Zinc Zn | 70 |
| Copper Cu | 60 |
| Cerium Ce | 60 |
| Lanthanum La | 34 |
| Yttrium Y | 33 |
| Neodymium Nd | 33 |
| Cobalt Co | 25 |
| Scandium Sc | 22 |
| Lithium Li | 20 |
| Nitrogen N | 19 |
| Gallium Ga | 19 |
| Niobium Nb | 17 |
| Lead Pb | 14 |
| Boron B | 10 |
| Praseodymium Pr | 8.7 |
| Samarium Sm | 6.0 |
| Dysprosium Dy | 6.0 |
| Thorium Th | 6.0 |
| Gadolinium Gd | 5.2 |
| Hafnium Hf | 3.3 |
| Cesium Cs | 3.0 |
| Erbium Er | 3.0 |
| Ytterbium Yb | 3.0 |
| Beryllium Be | 2.8 |
| Uranium U | 2.7 |
| Bromine Br | 2.4 |
| Tin Sn | 2.3 |
| Arsenic As | 1.8 |
| Europium Eu | 1.8 |
| Tantalum Ta | 1.7 |
| Germanium Ge | 1.5 |
| Tungsten W | 1.25 |
| Molybdenum Mo | 1.20 |
| Holmium Ho | 1.20 |
| Terbium Tb | 0.90 |
| Thallium Tl | 0.85 |
| Lutetium Lu | 0.60 |
| Thulium Tm | 0.50 |
| Iodine I | 0.45 |
| Indium In | 0.25 |
| Antimony Sb | 0.20 |
| Cadmium Cd | 0.15 |
| Mercury Hg | 0.085 |
| Silver Ag | 0.075 |
| Selenium Se | 0.050 |
| Palladium Pd | 0.015 |
| Bismuth Bi | 0.009 |
| Rhenium Re | 0.007 |
| Platinum Pt | 0.005 |
| Gold Au | 0.004 |
| Osmium Os | 0.0015 |
| Ruthenium Ru | 0.0010 |
| Rhodium Rh | 0.0010 |
| Tellurium Te | 0.0010 |
| Iridium Ir | 0.0004 |