The invention discloses a method for extracting lithium isotopes. A chelating agent and a diluent are prepared into an extractive organic phase, and the lithium isotopes are extracted from and separated out of a lithium salt water phase. Hydrophobic ionic liquid with a crown ether structure is adopted as the chelating agent and composed of positive ions and negative ions, wherein positive ions with a structural formula I and/or a structural formula II are adopted as the positive ions. One or more of PF6<->, (SO2CF3)2N<->, (SO2CF2CF3)2N<-> and BF4<-> is/are adopted as the negative ions. One or more of kerosene, octanone, chloroform, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, nitrobenzene, methylbenzene, dimethylbenzene, diethylbenzene, bromobenzene, anisole, nitromethane, 2-methylcyclohexanone, methylisobutylketone, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, trichlorobenzene and diphenyl ether is/are adopted as the diluent. The method has the advantages of being safe, green, efficient and good in stability and can be used for multi-stage enrichment and separation of the lithium isotopes.