Table Data - World Uncertainty Index for South Africa
| Title | World Uncertainty Index for South Africa |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIZAF |
| 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 | 1961-07-01 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. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1961-07-01 | 0.1795654 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.3186743 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 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 | 0.1934610 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.1770852 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.3282994 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.1497454 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.5692599 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.3892565 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 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 | 0.1675884 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.3490402 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.2703433 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.5818464 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.4602992 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.3850597 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.2300437 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.4932182 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.1981375 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.1555452 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.1588058 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.1534213 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.8387502 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.1827485 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.3127443 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.5871990 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.1452011 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.5364807 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.3159558 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.2416626 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.1426127 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.1242699 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.2792516 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.2773156 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.1292658 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.3301965 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.2116850 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.1302762 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0672224 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.1427348 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.1332978 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0508518 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0204767 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0434075 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0221508 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0697382 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0872848 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0663042 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0824742 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0273082 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0198831 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0433163 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.1060858 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0519697 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.2106594 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.2221482 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.2551932 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.2571487 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.1550147 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0470323 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.2325906 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.2599563 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.3221946 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.1172952 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.2489885 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.2128679 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.3097094 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.2894523 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0416597 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0404645 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.2489544 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0424034 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.2100399 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.1404494 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.2838973 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.3489183 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.3717275 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0511430 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.1385681 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0505842 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.1478306 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.1635189 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0791766 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0798085 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.1372966 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0683620 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.1463593 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.1417133 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.1903795 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.1861851 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0871840 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.3785011 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.2931348 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.2096729 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.2813533 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.1308986 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.1346167 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.1915709 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0625000 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.1725725 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.1607803 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.1219661 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.1015228 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.1714384 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.1118381 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0278520 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.1773154 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0600420 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.2384359 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0603245 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.1909247 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.5290306 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.4193375 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.1921476 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.6360918 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.4552698 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.9778038 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.7008410 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.4825789 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.3733084 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0949127 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.2541081 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.1660992 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0760398 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.2483855 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.3545785 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.2635741 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1812744 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.6275213 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.1784440 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.5116398 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.6602294 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.7252216 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.7215007 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1.0389290 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.4052685 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.4806537 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.6169575 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.4210526 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.6810958 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.8328872 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.4747050 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.1205691 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.5505850 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.5356760 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.5950167 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1.1629410 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.6342663 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1.1767670 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1.6587500 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1.2497240 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.9641342 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1.0409890 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1.1270330 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1.3824210 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1.8210790 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.6081985 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.8888889 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.8105918 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.1680390 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.0910410 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.8140008 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.0849130 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1.1040570 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.5367687 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.6416613 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.5153754 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.1364070 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.2657595 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.3891700 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.3889789 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.4373633 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.5787037 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.5026389 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.2305741 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.5513017 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.3726940 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.3637951 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.2789595 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.3483592 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.4668846 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.6033385 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.5919884 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.8690156 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.0485560 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.1261260 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.8213246 |