Country military expenditure

unit: USD billion

category: defense

description: A single country's annual military expenditure for a given year, as estimated by SIPRI. A source-reported annual figure, not real-time.


Global military expenditure

description: Total worldwide military spending for a given year.


name: Global military expenditure — real-terms change

description: Year-over-year change in world military expenditure in real terms.


name: NATO defense spending (share at/above 2% GDP)

unit: count of allies

description: Number of NATO allies estimated to meet or exceed the 2% of GDP defense-spending guideline.


Brent crude price

unit: USD/bbl

category: energy

description: Benchmark price for Brent crude oil, commonly tracked alongside energy-supply risk.


name: Chokepoint oil & petroleum liquids transit

unit: million bbl/day

description: EIA estimate of the volume of crude oil and petroleum liquids transported through a maritime chokepoint, in million barrels per day, for a stated quarter. A quarterly snapshot from the EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, not real-time.


Henry Hub natural gas price

unit: USD/MMBtu

description: U.S. Henry Hub natural gas spot benchmark price, a reference for North American gas markets, tracked alongside the energy-supply channel.


Hormuz oil & condensate transit

description: Estimated daily crude oil and condensate volume transiting the Strait of Hormuz.


EU Russian crude oil price cap

description: EU policy threshold above which coalition operators may not provide maritime services for seaborne Russian crude oil (a dynamic cap kept 15% below the six-month average Urals price). A policy parameter, not a market price.


name: Russian refined products price cap (premium-to-crude)

description: Policy threshold for premium-to-crude seaborne Russian petroleum products (e.g. diesel, kerosene, gasoline) under the price-cap regime. A policy parameter, not a market price.


U.S./G7 Russian crude oil price cap

description: U.S./G7 (Price Cap Coalition) policy threshold above which coalition operators may not provide covered services for seaborne Russian-origin crude oil. A policy parameter, not a market price.


WTI crude price

description: Benchmark price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil (Cushing, Oklahoma), the U.S. crude reference, tracked alongside Brent.


FAO Food Price Index

category: food

description: FAO's monthly index of international food commodity prices (nominal, 2014–2016 = 100); a global benchmark tracked alongside food-security and conflict-related supply channels.


FAO food price sub-index

description: An FAO Food Price Index sub-index (cereals, vegetable oils, dairy, meat, or sugar), a global food-commodity benchmark (nominal, 2014–2016 = 100) tracked alongside the food-security channel. The specific sub-index is named per observation.


Ukraine grain exports

unit: million tonnes/month

description: Monthly grain export volume from Ukraine across sea and land corridors.


EU contribution to G7 ERA loans

unit: EUR billion

category: macro

description: The EU's contribution (exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance loan) to the G7 ERA loan initiative for Ukraine, repaid from proceeds of immobilized Russian assets. A source-reported commitment, distinct from amounts actually disbursed.


G7 ERA loans to Ukraine (total)

description: Total of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan initiative for Ukraine, to be repaid from the windfall proceeds generated by immobilized Russian sovereign assets — a loan financed by proceeds, not the principal assets.


name: Immobilized Russian central-bank assets (EU)

description: Principal value of Central Bank of Russia sovereign assets immobilized in the EU (the assets are immobilized, not confiscated). A source-reported standing total that differs from worldwide figures; not the proceeds those assets generate.


name: Russia fossil fuel export revenue (CREA)

unit: EUR million/day

description: CREA's monthly estimate of Russia's daily-average fossil fuel export revenue. An export-revenue estimate by an independent research organisation (authoritative research, not official government data); tracked alongside the sanctions/price-cap channel and many other factors, not a causal attribution.


Ukraine reconstruction & recovery need

description: Estimated cumulative cost of reconstruction and recovery, as assessed by institutions.


Asia–Europe container freight

unit: USD/FEU

category: shipping

description: Spot freight rate for a 40-foot-equivalent container on the Asia-to-Europe lane.


EU-listed shadow-fleet vessels

unit: vessels

description: Cumulative number of vessels in Russia's 'shadow fleet' listed by the EU (subject to port-access and maritime-service bans) across successive sanctions packages. A source-reported count as of a stated package, not a real-time tally.


OFAC-designated Russia-related vessels

description: Number of vessels designated in a specific U.S. Treasury / OFAC sanctions action targeting Russian oil shipping and the shadow fleet. A source-reported count for a stated action, not a real-time tally.


Global shipping-risk index

unit: index (0–100)

description: Composite indicator of maritime disruption risk across major routes and chokepoints.


name: Suez Canal container-ship transit change

unit: % vs. baseline

description: Change in weekly container-ship transits through the Suez Canal relative to a prior baseline period.


Suez Canal transit change

description: Change in vessel transits through the Suez Canal relative to a prior baseline or peak period.


name: Common High Priority Items (export-control list)

unit: items

category: trade

description: Number of items (six-digit HS codes) on the Common High Priority Items list jointly maintained by the EU, US, UK, and Japan — battlefield/dual-use goods at high risk of diversion to Russia. A policy/export-control parameter, not a market value.


name: EU-listed entities supporting Russia's military-industrial base / circumvention

unit: entities

description: Number of entities the EU listed in a given sanctions package for providing direct or indirect support to Russia's military-industrial complex or for sanctions circumvention, including third-country entities. A source-reported count as of a stated package, not a cumulative total.


Russian gas share of EU gas imports

unit: % of EU gas imports

description: Share of EU gas imports sourced from Russia, tracked alongside the EU's energy-diversification channel under REPowerEU. An annual figure that may be revised.


Panama Canal toll revenue

description: Total toll/transit revenue of the Panama Canal in a fiscal year, as reported by the Panama Canal Authority (in balboas, pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar).


Panama Canal vessel transits

unit: transits

description: Number of deep-draft vessel transits through the Panama Canal in a fiscal year, as reported by the Panama Canal Authority.


name: Shadow-fleet share of Russian oil exports

unit: % of exports (volume)

description: Estimated share of Russian oil exports (by volume) carried by 'shadow'/'dark' tankers, as reported by research organisations. Estimates vary by methodology and period and are not a causal attribution.


Suez Canal trade-volume change

unit: % YoY

description: Year-over-year change in the volume of trade transiting the Suez Canal, as estimated from vessel-tracking data.