title: World military expenditure

metricId: global-defense-spending

subjectType: dashboard

subjectId: defense-spending

unit: USD billion

cadence: annual

latestObservationId: obs-defense-global

confidence: high

note: SIPRI current-USD world total for 2024 (+9.4%), the steepest rise since at least 1988.

note: SIPRI current-USD world total for 2025 (+2.9% real); 11th consecutive year of growth.


title: FAO Food Price Index

metricId: fao-food-price-index

subjectType: commodity

subjectId: food-prices

cadence: monthly

latestObservationId: obs-food-fpi

period: April 2026

sourceId: fao-fpi

note: Revised April 2026 level, as reported by FAO.

note: Down 0.2 points from the revised April level.


title: Henry Hub natural gas spot price

metricId: henry-hub-gas-price

subjectId: natural-gas

unit: USD/MMBtu

sourceId: eia-henry-hub


title: Strait of Malacca oil transit

metricId: chokepoint-oil-transit

subjectType: chokepoint

subjectId: strait-of-malacca

unit: million bbl/day

cadence: quarterly

sourceId: eia-steo-chokepoints


title: Panama Canal oil transit

subjectId: panama-canal


title: Bab el-Mandeb oil transit

subjectId: bab-el-mandeb


title: Turkish Straits oil transit

subjectId: turkish-straits


title: Danish Straits oil transit

subjectId: danish-straits