Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for South Africa
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for South Africa |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAZAF |
| 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 | 1962-01-01 to 2025-07-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-11-02 3:38 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 |
|---|---|
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0378529 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.0106225 |
| 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 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.0386922 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0193461 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0064487 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.0354170 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.0177085 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0059028 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.0656599 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.0627790 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.1397699 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.1397688 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0579010 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0129752 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.0335177 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0167588 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0055863 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0698080 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0349040 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0116347 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0540687 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.1434036 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.1592559 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.1424367 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.0998580 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.1344833 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0569899 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0560681 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0509228 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0221591 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0369460 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0158806 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0359778 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.1830922 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.1255388 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0462332 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0686405 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.1487142 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0691447 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0195733 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0290402 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0145201 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.1121362 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.1168392 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0494783 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0105319 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.0483325 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0241663 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0080554 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.0285225 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0391153 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0730311 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0875306 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0370399 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.0350970 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0789659 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0373285 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0110065 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0423370 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0211685 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0070562 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0260552 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0130276 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0043425 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0134445 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0067222 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0307877 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0409330 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0180876 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0146136 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0050852 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0016951 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0040953 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0107292 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0094535 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0176097 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0251691 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0243139 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0260348 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0159192 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0094566 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0115618 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0262116 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0224464 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0508650 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0672279 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0802754 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0843540 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0652243 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0240731 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0051672 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0094065 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0512213 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.0768181 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0981876 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0643437 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0722670 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0713823 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0915283 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0959570 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0476008 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0219073 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0552260 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0347249 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0545468 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0505073 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0778257 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.1028550 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.1187006 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0590320 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0452188 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0256784 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0096774 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0016861 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0295661 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0147831 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0376315 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0321872 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0293300 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0380794 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0163899 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0182490 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0361081 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0169147 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0048786 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0283427 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0522472 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0237617 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0435830 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0360553 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0906248 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0993832 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0838648 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0870091 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0613042 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0493916 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0178250 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0044872 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0383142 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0316571 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.0471502 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.0514966 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0462237 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0378605 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0485055 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0428955 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0224688 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0065131 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0363915 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0297399 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0119147 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0496886 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0359085 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0521653 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.1269094 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.1431347 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0979976 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.1604110 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.1610681 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.2622908 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.2531242 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.1991933 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.1462809 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0723993 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.0727565 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0617944 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0402882 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.0628177 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.0982889 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.0964522 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0744316 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.1524175 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.1044834 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.1410897 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.1891580 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.2281219 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.2388299 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.3041100 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.2089967 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.1712886 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.1849658 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.1619281 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.1988897 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.2487221 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.2009329 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0993472 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.1379974 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.1662127 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.1909238 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.3099457 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.2629812 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.3375448 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.4705689 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.4550454 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.3730909 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.3462687 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.3616432 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.4238872 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.5400257 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.3498283 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.2993003 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.2712805 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.1442966 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.2620319 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.2775056 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.3347506 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.3564361 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.2539232 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.2188111 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.1851335 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.1002077 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0839718 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1089568 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.1255714 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.1393429 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.1724430 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.1729769 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.1156688 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.1500724 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.1373548 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.1284051 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.1045945 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.1096943 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.1375115 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.1789681 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.1942943 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.2531132 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.3163458 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.3590480 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.3118294 |