The invention provides a lithium metal battery electrolyte. The lithium metal battery electrolyte is composed of lithium salt, additives and non-aqueous solvent, wherein the additives are one or moreselected from NaBOB, NaTFSI, NaFSI, NaPF6, NaBF4, (C3H3NaO2)n, Na2SO4, Mg(FSI)2, Mg(TFSI)2, KFSI and KTFSI, and the concentration of the additives of the lithium metal battery electrolyte is 0.2-0.5 mol/L; the non-aqueous solvent is one or more selected from carbonate organic solvent, phosphate organic solvent and ether organic solvent. The lithium metal battery electrolyte can form an SEI (solidelectrolyte interface) layer on the surface of a metal lithium negative electrode during a constant current charging and discharging process to improve the safety performance, the utilization rate andthe cycling stability of a lithium metal battery. The invention also provides the lithium metal battery.