Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Japan
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Japan |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAJPN |
| 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 2026-04-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-07-31 2:45 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 |
|---|---|
| 1953-01-01 | 0.0273598 |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.0424527 |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.0189464 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.0047955 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0498691 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0465305 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0191095 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.0035993 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.0207857 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.0491075 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.0228216 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0064524 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0798882 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.1118348 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0492601 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0119818 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0437637 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0218818 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.0072939 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0381316 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0990178 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0463313 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0133253 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.0752729 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0376364 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.0448661 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0161603 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0053868 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0410593 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0205297 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.0068432 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.1283422 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.1402023 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.1407564 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.1280855 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.1935047 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.1415902 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0526855 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0455733 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0179662 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.0059887 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.0231642 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.0115821 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.0473201 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.1368486 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0648027 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0191865 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0963159 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.1107166 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0993205 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.1872882 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.1237810 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0449858 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0760461 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0347162 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0522970 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0203625 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0842318 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0387222 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.0494838 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0596618 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.2163563 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.3329853 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.2225341 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.2152761 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.1185187 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0413953 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.1264569 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.1005315 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0402336 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0067231 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.1111111 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.1697543 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.1138807 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.1553749 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0649823 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.1241011 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0885018 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.1118438 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0801352 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.0656861 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0234887 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0058326 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.1007557 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0503778 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0484783 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.0158428 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0779818 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0982125 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.1148096 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0461912 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0119603 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0320873 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.0492994 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0523478 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0802082 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0634592 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0242420 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0635652 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0556309 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0534600 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0785981 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0925174 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0526118 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0431933 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0352716 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0255786 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0296341 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0485752 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0216197 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0145071 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0042253 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0014084 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0269530 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0219199 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0181040 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0061023 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0015650 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0083903 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0041952 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0146680 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0224827 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0360765 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0216348 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0073350 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0241654 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0461529 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0581851 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0450488 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0704652 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0624171 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0249856 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0166178 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0245020 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.0357188 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0530690 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0229288 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0158226 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0047678 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0015893 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0351721 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0175860 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0058620 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0184128 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0092064 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0030688 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0401978 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0401591 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0328523 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0198882 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0262060 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0197071 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0075402 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0105724 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0220337 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0265010 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0407340 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0371865 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0237367 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0175871 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0169303 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0287169 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0126627 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0036364 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0091655 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0045827 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0015276 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0272480 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0410915 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0619127 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0537403 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0209447 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0241009 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0280600 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0454447 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0674080 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0956340 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0890126 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.1086764 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0929784 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0603589 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0200273 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0040006 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0682012 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0690616 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.1301816 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.1132058 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0555686 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0455560 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0171917 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0297286 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0258112 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0347400 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0141952 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0602550 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0614743 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0376986 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0226157 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0310110 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0362806 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.0596153 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0480260 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.0286569 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.0507361 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0813222 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.1139831 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.1080976 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.1046470 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0607665 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.0391663 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0840779 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0557323 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.0774800 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.0313868 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.0281370 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0608628 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.0608622 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.1168984 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.0856729 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.1016466 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.1274276 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.1025028 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.0872008 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.1133738 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.1278410 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0530904 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.0131976 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0440869 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.0590713 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.0389208 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0349850 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.0387898 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.0716601 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.0571269 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.0349685 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.0274492 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.0230391 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.0373728 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.0428075 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.0799880 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.0354199 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.0103314 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.0146316 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.0352781 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.0164197 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.0191479 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.0475880 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.0354427 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.0531494 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.0770261 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.0613139 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.0648082 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.1114001 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.0599905 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.0726944 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.0772106 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0458195 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.0251332 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.0323480 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.0380582 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.0406159 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.0700962 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.0540343 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.0800930 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.0577883 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.0575915 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.0342315 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.0121382 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.0020692 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.0269306 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.0962353 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.1662104 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.3164796 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.2478997 |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.1510146 |
| 2026-04-01 | 0.1032862 |