diff --git a/baker/updateChartEntities.ts b/baker/updateChartEntities.ts
index 425019d087b..412b80ec361 100644
--- a/baker/updateChartEntities.ts
+++ b/baker/updateChartEntities.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 import { Grapher } from "@ourworldindata/grapher"
 import {
+    ChartsTableName,
+    ChartsXEntitiesTableName,
+    DbRawChart,
     GrapherInterface,
     GrapherTabOption,
     MultipleOwidVariableDataDimensionsMap,
@@ -120,10 +123,13 @@ const obtainAvailableEntitiesForAllGraphers = async (
 ) => {
     const entityNameToIdMap = await mapEntityNamesToEntityIds(trx)
 
-    const allPublishedGraphers = await trx
+    const allPublishedGraphers = (await trx
         .select("id", "config")
-        .from("charts")
-        .whereRaw("config ->> '$.isPublished' = 'true'")
+        .from(ChartsTableName)
+        .whereRaw("config ->> '$.isPublished' = 'true'")) as Pick<
+        DbRawChart,
+        "id" | "config"
+    >[]
 
     const availableEntitiesByChartId = new Map<number, number[]>()
     await pMap(
@@ -181,13 +187,13 @@ const updateAvailableEntitiesForAllGraphers = async (
 
     console.log("--- Updating charts_x_entities ---")
 
-    await trx.delete().from("charts_x_entities") // clears out the WHOLE table
+    await trx.delete().from(ChartsXEntitiesTableName) // clears out the WHOLE table
     for (const [chartId, availableEntityIds] of availableEntitiesByChartId) {
         const rows = availableEntityIds.map((entityId) => ({
             chartId,
             entityId,
         }))
-        if (rows.length) await trx("charts_x_entities").insert(rows)
+        if (rows.length) await trx(ChartsXEntitiesTableName).insert(rows)
     }
 
     console.log("--- ✅ Done ---")
diff --git a/db/model/Entity.ts b/db/model/Entity.ts
index a49774695b5..ba190d3f757 100644
--- a/db/model/Entity.ts
+++ b/db/model/Entity.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { DbPlainEntity } from "@ourworldindata/types"
+import { DbPlainEntity, EntitiesTableName } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import * as db from "../db"
 
 export async function mapEntityNamesToEntityIds(
     knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
 ): Promise<Map<string, number>> {
-    const entities = (await knex("entities").select("id", "name")) as Pick<
-        DbPlainEntity,
-        "id" | "name"
-    >[]
+    const entities = (await knex(EntitiesTableName).select(
+        "id",
+        "name"
+    )) as Pick<DbPlainEntity, "id" | "name">[]
     const entityNameToIdMap = new Map<string, number>(
         entities.map((entity) => [entity.name, entity.id])
     )
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ export async function mapEntityNamesToEntityIds(
 export async function mapEntityIdsToEntityNames(
     knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
 ): Promise<Map<number, string>> {
-    const entities = (await knex("entities").select("id", "name")) as Pick<
-        DbPlainEntity,
-        "id" | "name"
-    >[]
+    const entities = (await knex(EntitiesTableName).select(
+        "id",
+        "name"
+    )) as Pick<DbPlainEntity, "id" | "name">[]
     const entityIdToNameMap = new Map<number, string>(
         entities.map((entity) => [entity.id, entity.name])
     )
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/ChartsXEntities.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/ChartsXEntities.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5c31d664be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/ChartsXEntities.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const ChartsXEntitiesTableName = "charts_x_entities"
+
+export interface DbInsertChartXEntity {
+    chartId: number
+    entityId: number
+}
+
+export type DbPlainChartXEntity = Required<DbInsertChartXEntity>
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
index 543dae7d134..679d3fb9dee 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ export {
     ChartTagsTableName,
     type DbChartTagJoin,
 } from "./dbTypes/ChartTags.js"
+export {
+    ChartsXEntitiesTableName,
+    type DbInsertChartXEntity,
+    type DbPlainChartXEntity,
+} from "./dbTypes/ChartsXEntities.js"
 export {
     type DbPlainCountryLatestData,
     type DbInsertCountryLatestData,