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Table Data - World Pandemic Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom

Title World Pandemic Uncertainty Index for United Kingdom
Series ID WUPIGBR
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 1996-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Last Updated 2026-01-15 2:36 PM CST
Notes The World Pandemic Uncertainty Index is constructed by counting the number of times uncertainty is mentioned within a proximity to a word related to pandemics in the Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index is the percent of the word "uncertain", and its variants, that appear near the pandemic terms in EIU country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher uncertainty related to pandemics and vice versa.

Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation.
DATE VALUE
1996-01-01 0.000000
1996-04-01 0.000000
1996-07-01 0.000000
1996-10-01 0.000000
1997-01-01 0.000000
1997-04-01 0.000000
1997-07-01 0.000000
1997-10-01 0.000000
1998-01-01 0.000000
1998-04-01 0.000000
1998-07-01 0.000000
1998-10-01 0.000000
1999-01-01 0.000000
1999-04-01 0.000000
1999-07-01 0.000000
1999-10-01 0.000000
2000-01-01 0.000000
2000-04-01 0.000000
2000-07-01 0.000000
2000-10-01 0.000000
2001-01-01 0.000000
2001-04-01 0.000000
2001-07-01 0.000000
2001-10-01 0.000000
2002-01-01 0.000000
2002-04-01 0.000000
2002-07-01 0.000000
2002-10-01 0.000000
2003-01-01 0.000000
2003-04-01 0.000000
2003-07-01 0.000000
2003-10-01 0.000000
2004-01-01 0.000000
2004-04-01 0.000000
2004-07-01 0.000000
2004-10-01 0.000000
2005-01-01 0.000000
2005-04-01 0.000000
2005-07-01 0.000000
2005-10-01 0.000000
2006-01-01 0.000000
2006-04-01 0.000000
2006-07-01 0.000000
2006-10-01 0.000000
2007-01-01 0.000000
2007-04-01 0.000000
2007-07-01 0.000000
2007-10-01 0.000000
2008-01-01 0.000000
2008-04-01 0.000000
2008-07-01 0.000000
2008-10-01 0.000000
2009-01-01 0.000000
2009-04-01 0.000000
2009-07-01 0.000000
2009-10-01 0.000000
2010-01-01 0.000000
2010-04-01 0.000000
2010-07-01 0.000000
2010-10-01 0.000000
2011-01-01 0.000000
2011-04-01 0.000000
2011-07-01 0.000000
2011-10-01 0.000000
2012-01-01 0.000000
2012-04-01 0.000000
2012-07-01 0.000000
2012-10-01 0.000000
2013-01-01 0.000000
2013-04-01 0.000000
2013-07-01 0.000000
2013-10-01 0.000000
2014-01-01 0.000000
2014-04-01 0.000000
2014-07-01 0.000000
2014-10-01 0.000000
2015-01-01 0.000000
2015-04-01 0.000000
2015-07-01 0.000000
2015-10-01 0.000000
2016-01-01 0.000000
2016-04-01 0.000000
2016-07-01 0.000000
2016-10-01 0.000000
2017-01-01 0.000000
2017-04-01 0.000000
2017-07-01 0.000000
2017-10-01 0.000000
2018-01-01 0.000000
2018-04-01 0.000000
2018-07-01 0.000000
2018-10-01 0.000000
2019-01-01 0.000000
2019-04-01 0.000000
2019-07-01 0.000000
2019-10-01 0.000000
2020-01-01 128.355400
2020-04-01 38.658130
2020-07-01 32.598770
2020-10-01 29.740330
2021-01-01 21.279380
2021-04-01 0.000000
2021-07-01 0.000000
2021-10-01 13.149240
2022-01-01 16.985140
2022-04-01 0.000000
2022-07-01 0.000000
2022-10-01 1.963094
2023-01-01 0.000000
2023-04-01 0.000000
2023-07-01 0.000000
2023-10-01 9.965867
2024-01-01 25.783160
2024-04-01 28.066240
2024-07-01 26.270850
2024-10-01 18.828400
2025-01-01 0.000000
2025-04-01 0.000000
2025-07-01 0.000000
2025-10-01 0.000000

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