Chokepoints
How key trade and energy chokepoints affect the global economy, with source-linked indicators for shipping, energy, and trade.
Chokepoints dashboard
One source-linked summary of every chokepoint indicator, coverage, and review status across the topics below.
Topics
Economic impact of the Strait of Hormuz
Described by the EIA as the world's most important oil transit chokepoint.
Economic impact of Red Sea shipping disruption
A primary Europe–Asia container and energy route via Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez.
Economic impact of the Panama Canal
A lock-based interoceanic canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific, key to U.S. container, grain, and energy trade.
Economic impact of the Strait of Malacca
The world's second-busiest oil transit chokepoint after the Strait of Hormuz.
Economic impact of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
The southern gateway of the Red Sea–Suez corridor, linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Economic impact of the Turkish Straits
The only sea route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean (Bosporus and Dardanelles).
Economic impact of the Danish Straits
The Baltic Sea's outlet to the North Sea, central to Russian and Baltic oil exports.