The invention discloses an efficient vanadium extraction method by performing alkali roasting on vanadium mineral. The method comprises the following processing steps of: (1) mixing the vanadium mineral with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide for pellet fabrication, and oxidizing and roasting pellets at the temperature of 300-700 DEG C to obtain roasted clinker; (2) leaching the roasted clinker using water or aqueous alkali corresponding to the step 1, and then carrying out solid-liquid separation to obtain leaching residue and a vanadium dissolution solution; and (3) cooling and crystallizing silicon-removed vanadium digestion solution to obtain vanadate. The alkali roasting is used by the method provided by the invention, because alkali can function as a caking agent in the aggregating process, the caking agent can be saved; not only is the roasting temperature reduced largely and process flow largely shortened, but also no waste gas, ammonia-nitrogen wastewater and the like are discharged, as well as a leachate can be recycled; and a silicate phase can be directly destroyed to promote the destroy and the oxidization of a vanadium phase, and the oxidative enveloping and the leaching hindering of the silicate phase to the vanadium can be prevented so that the efficient vanadium leaching can be realized and the leaching rate can reach more than 95%.