Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Iraq
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Iraq |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAIRQ |
| 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 | 1954-01-01 to 2026-01-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-05-07 4:15 PM CDT |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0523560 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0261780 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.2154800 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.1555963 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.1099148 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0333763 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0082244 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0180701 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0485959 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.0413502 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.0346483 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.0124809 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0216230 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0285240 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.0127208 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.0032129 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0697918 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0825320 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.0354500 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.0598739 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.1202402 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.1385623 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0570972 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0577897 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0219974 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0334013 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0843039 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0708628 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0724411 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.0277078 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0597577 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0261188 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0087063 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0248016 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0124008 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0041336 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.0286369 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0366050 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.0326581 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.0326278 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0130615 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0034237 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0215031 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0258322 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.0111242 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0025134 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0193836 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.0347231 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0347072 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0574736 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0836273 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.1031376 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0750322 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.0612664 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0224207 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0056961 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.0151343 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0075672 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0025224 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0808898 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0929108 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.0716380 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0403616 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0634459 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0277581 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0881023 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0934934 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0401034 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0089389 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0923077 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0584517 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0325219 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0245405 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0374705 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0164031 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0181224 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0314695 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0244421 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0282443 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0173741 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0062660 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0148784 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0172055 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0251722 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0105749 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0290990 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0231811 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0331582 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0220820 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0424351 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0302682 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0555914 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0361746 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0248778 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0077533 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0694395 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0662579 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0275012 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0054152 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0692941 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0671119 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0898868 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0364635 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0103509 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.0132661 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0207295 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0092592 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0157885 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0228564 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0254209 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0453304 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0357093 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0367849 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0141647 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0038522 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0122775 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0503279 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0241408 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0243717 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0250817 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0111236 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0027630 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0120569 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0470121 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0225013 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0068306 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0169019 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0245152 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0283209 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0302563 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0123335 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0242688 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0433779 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0199283 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0054690 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0168350 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0084175 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0317347 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0442197 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0327420 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0430713 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0921036 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.1123800 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0750804 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0668958 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0534613 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0709653 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0823617 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0346684 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0087789 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0547226 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0647445 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.0375963 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.0228220 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0196718 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0080456 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0227134 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0103407 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0034469 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0225149 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0112575 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0143553 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0053014 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0017671 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0106502 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.0053251 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0126796 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.0579374 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.0622159 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0258255 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.0056927 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.0221117 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0338582 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.0150865 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0244786 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0464532 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.0849955 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.0596733 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.0636458 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0935057 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.0851960 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.0752887 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.0492669 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.0399300 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.0584504 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.0912002 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.0804860 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.0591634 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.0791998 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0537840 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.0804262 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0336850 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.0311518 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.0258928 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0223598 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.0218418 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.0309385 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.0493525 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.0216825 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.0229015 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.0084545 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.0181485 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.0290556 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.0639056 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.0667895 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.0466328 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.0159371 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.0202849 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.0255270 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.0113403 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.0659560 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.0315623 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.0105208 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.0354139 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.0425147 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.0183062 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.0547547 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.0617488 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.0623618 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.0426807 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0791445 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1013304 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.0437843 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.0657490 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.0472483 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.1035491 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.0663849 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.0798445 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.0450954 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.0686105 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.0970234 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.0429817 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.0114155 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.0340136 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.0515670 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.0229490 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.0057600 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.0299088 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.0149544 |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.0843919 |