Theme
Geoeconomics
Questions
Where are African resources exported to?
Who supplies what, to whom, and how much of the answer open data can actually give.
Which governments are restricting trade right now?
Policy interventions by implementing country, instrument and affected sector.
Which products have a single dominant supplier?
Supplier concentration at product level, the input to any dependency analysis.
What is a resource worth, and who has it?
World prices set against who mines it, who holds the reserves and who ships it.
Datasets
Energy import dependency
The share of energy consumption that has to be imported, by fuel, for each EU member state. The single clearest measure of energy exposure there is.
ESTATEU trade in mineral fuels, by partner
Extra-EU trade in mineral fuels and lubricants (SITC 3) by partner - the counterpart to the chokepoint transit data, showing who the cargo is...
ESTATEU trade in raw materials, by partner
Extra-EU exports, imports and the balance in crude materials (SITC 2+4), broken down by trading partner. The first bilateral series on the...
FAOSTATFertilizer use: where the potash and phosphate actually go
Agricultural consumption of the three primary nutrients — nitrogen, phosphate and potash — in tonnes of nutrient content, for 201 countries. The...
FAOSTATFertilizer trade: who ships the potash, and to whom
Bilateral trade in the three primary fertilizer nutrients — nitrogen, phosphate and potash — in tonnes of nutrient content, for every reporting...
IMF-PCPSCommodity prices: what copper, potash and the rest are worth
Monthly world benchmark prices in US dollars for the metals and fertilizers this platform already tracks by production and reserves: copper,...
IMF-PORTWATCHMaritime chokepoints: daily transits and cargo capacity
Daily vessel counts and cargo capacity through 28 maritime chokepoints, from IMF PortWatch. This is where a trade shock becomes visible within...
USGSCritical mineral production: world mine and refinery output by country
Annual world production of the minerals that supply chains depend on and cannot easily substitute - lithium, cobalt, rare earths, graphite,...
USGSCritical mineral reserves: where the remaining deposits are
Estimated reserves by country for the same critical minerals. Reserves are a stock and production is a flow, so they are kept as separate...
WBResource dependence: natural resource rents and ores and metals trade
How much of an economy rests on extracting and selling raw materials: mineral, oil, gas, coal and forest rents as a share of GDP, alongside ores...