Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAGBR |
| 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 | 1953-07-01 to 2025-10-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-01-15 2:36 PM CST |
| Notes | The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. This smoothed version of the index is preferred over the index for country-level data. The 3-quarter weighted moving average is computed as follows: 1996Q4 = (1996Q4*0.6) + (1996Q3*0.3) + (1996Q2*0.1)/3. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1953-07-01 | 0.0376608 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.1086625 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0518832 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.1050878 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.0674271 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0262614 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0436462 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0199302 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.1488235 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.0710901 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.2016502 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.1430698 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0904408 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0470898 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0734560 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0496703 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.0394628 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0319455 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0594126 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0473986 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0182737 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.0270144 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.0117578 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0039193 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0197726 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0714500 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0556406 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0409369 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.0628205 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0665133 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.0807474 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0530780 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0188879 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0033373 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0417537 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.1445882 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.1716741 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.1424275 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0523328 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0117299 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.0244888 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.1594733 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.1467011 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0841411 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0861307 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.1300100 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.1161739 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0671264 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0599491 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0715833 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.0531051 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.0192630 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.0220013 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.0091324 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0266960 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0247291 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.1358379 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0648727 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0209074 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.1099989 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0790929 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0528442 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0645939 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0755925 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0318120 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0299254 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0573653 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0268441 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.0649742 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0469830 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.0455679 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.0347865 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0493118 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0386097 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0148058 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0394958 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0182715 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0231977 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0085536 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0028512 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0565398 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.0479452 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0598043 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0645681 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0495972 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0759058 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0701270 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.1221595 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0972639 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0784954 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0277549 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0234624 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0245479 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.0522163 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0552610 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.1198909 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.1118271 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0756138 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0636692 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0385361 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0790370 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.1105858 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0910812 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0337898 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0438351 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0329458 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0346677 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0130565 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0035431 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0426257 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0213129 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0358564 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0446906 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0333209 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0971627 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0654085 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0447779 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0502641 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0217342 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0061166 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0057053 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0097892 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0044191 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0182830 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0180350 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0141367 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0129516 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0051410 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0013500 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0314515 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0512350 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0229965 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0453601 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0445549 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0189906 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0167860 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0934532 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0887808 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0585868 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.1194787 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.1336992 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0839529 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0864614 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0446287 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0483334 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0271104 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0474501 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0300096 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0195435 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0152684 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0061190 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0353228 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0359369 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0151560 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0031770 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0094715 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0132489 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0058352 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0014189 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0104542 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0149514 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0283153 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0433149 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0306019 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0366073 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0468094 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0406247 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0478452 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0873212 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0739397 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0769573 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0412180 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0495477 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0648442 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0658382 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0261781 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0325138 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0270309 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0113246 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0306811 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0289316 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0678200 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0691219 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0286887 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0310466 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0363888 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0161462 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0353008 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0156421 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0173375 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.0557635 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.1158677 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0782546 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0657784 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0601126 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0522711 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0446083 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0425783 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0900484 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0661880 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0368896 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0538974 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0484200 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0580609 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0357219 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.0367956 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0522708 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.0622269 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.0880494 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0796481 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.0735259 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0280805 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.0649218 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.2062856 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.1899350 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.1101654 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0926759 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.1343334 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.1262846 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.1001696 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1168952 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.1109815 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.1584082 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.1263485 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.0810624 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.0721867 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.1255825 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.1477345 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.1512085 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.1403770 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.1249203 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.0831260 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0867051 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.0595386 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.0939923 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.1129176 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.0691708 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.2213755 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.1674469 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.1093317 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.1070830 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.1518626 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.2985923 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.4069828 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.3507780 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.2370111 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.1706655 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.1555284 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.1548506 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.1569785 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.1499281 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.1993538 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.2494075 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.3308459 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.2760814 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.3368663 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.4896844 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.4709370 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.3329548 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.3113987 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.2225102 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.1711769 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1452772 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.1835225 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.1957091 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.1719937 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.0955912 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.0963478 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.0733657 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.1175416 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.1090413 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.0741287 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.0696121 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.1176573 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.1227605 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.1026647 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.1085716 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.1444762 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.2539285 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.2825572 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.2536823 |