Table Data - World Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom
| Title | World Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIGBR |
| Source | Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick, Furceri, Davide |
| Release | World Uncertainty Index (Not a Press Release) |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Not Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Units | Index |
| Date Range | 1953-01-01 to 2025-07-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-11-02 3:39 PM CST |
| Notes | The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1953-01-01 | 0.2485089 |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.1468860 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.4698696 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.4471272 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.1135718 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.1993024 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.7109005 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.8897676 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.2704652 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.1686767 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.1060333 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.2861503 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0876040 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.1058201 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0922169 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.2333178 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.1049648 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.1175779 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0988631 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.3078186 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.1078167 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0994728 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.2463965 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.1927897 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.2662761 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.1001201 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.2087683 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.6185567 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.5142975 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.3518958 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.1224440 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.7361447 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.3450259 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.1255020 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.3103983 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.4739336 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.2921698 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.1105583 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.1957713 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.2416043 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.1120951 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.0913242 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.1182592 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0645161 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.6272214 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.5499945 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.1204674 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.1123217 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.2467308 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.2358769 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.1103144 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.2316692 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.2862595 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0917852 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.1342372 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.0915164 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.1784281 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0885818 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.1827151 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0855359 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.2826988 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.0983768 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.2027164 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.2050861 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.1116570 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.2895194 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.1872659 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.4689112 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.2206531 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.2039984 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0833125 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0810833 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.2066543 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.1594642 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.4852799 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.2899181 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.1522302 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.1939112 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0703532 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.3276898 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.3773585 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.2121116 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.1838235 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0728173 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.1062925 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.2131287 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.1437608 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.1515726 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0668583 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.4271223 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.1023384 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.1015332 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.1834975 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0285266 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0346825 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0856348 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0473575 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0327322 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0404989 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.1572574 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.1775463 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.1972095 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.1241696 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0632351 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.4356485 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.2155405 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.1125556 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.5051923 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.3971406 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.1369957 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.2976190 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0515013 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.1663132 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0438116 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.1876261 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0489333 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0419798 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0471965 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.1687479 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0953107 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0473575 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0425659 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0522712 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0486216 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.1085541 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.1541941 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0578202 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.1284274 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.1601965 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.1016209 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.1617164 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.3388108 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.1733403 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.2416480 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0563761 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.1792757 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.2251872 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.1867181 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.1314492 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0694300 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.1418339 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0737409 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.2785903 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.1940241 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.1228954 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.1204964 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.1564211 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0606171 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.2485089 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.4449812 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.1273642 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.1910463 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.1838123 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.1376084 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.1236018 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.1281558 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.3655639 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.1267990 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0601214 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.2182930 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.1229332 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.1924557 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0618927 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.1209555 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.1905609 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.1956947 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.3106394 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.2103049 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.2107037 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.2894915 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.8866820 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.4580852 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.1740038 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.3000300 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.4926513 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.3350926 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.2511932 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.4030308 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.3115265 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.5691057 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.2952683 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.1628267 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.2303086 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.4856202 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.4574775 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.4463673 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.4024550 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.3489792 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.1740644 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.2883298 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.1245175 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.3596475 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.3640114 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.1039069 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.9942554 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.3227889 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.2195550 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.3718394 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.5368007 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1.1625880 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1.3641530 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.8780488 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.5186722 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.4476498 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.4673716 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.4659591 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.4740179 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.4349717 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.7002801 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.8244023 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.1253150 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.6803492 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.1566040 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1.7567280 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1.2835540 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.7302092 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.9779632 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.5018681 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.4419564 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.4217630 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.6330717 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.5917160 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.4585987 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.1500375 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.3302873 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.1766784 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.4443210 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.2935995 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.1497903 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.2242320 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.4512054 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.3508280 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.2627085 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.3530326 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.5020800 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.9597638 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.8492241 |