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Table Data - World Uncertainty Index: Africa

Title World Uncertainty Index: Africa
Series ID WUIAFRICA
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 1990-01-01 to 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-10-15 2:48 PM CDT
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
1990-01-01 5460.384
1990-04-01 12754.110
1990-07-01 17222.160
1990-10-01 17774.520
1991-01-01 9387.380
1991-04-01 17124.000
1991-07-01 17713.260
1991-10-01 14824.910
1992-01-01 15686.750
1992-04-01 10585.550
1992-07-01 8001.308
1992-10-01 18357.880
1993-01-01 10321.780
1993-04-01 27767.470
1993-07-01 13099.810
1993-10-01 26529.830
1994-01-01 21425.710
1994-04-01 21829.760
1994-07-01 17367.730
1994-10-01 22990.180
1995-01-01 8774.751
1995-04-01 13914.640
1995-07-01 11714.370
1995-10-01 9773.594
1996-01-01 16370.080
1996-04-01 6380.518
1996-07-01 12547.470
1996-10-01 8938.027
1997-01-01 5286.146
1997-04-01 9658.341
1997-07-01 12816.280
1997-10-01 11360.170
1998-01-01 13785.750
1998-04-01 13821.810
1998-07-01 2899.718
1998-10-01 8603.114
1999-01-01 9104.900
1999-04-01 5292.292
1999-07-01 12553.910
1999-10-01 16755.000
2000-01-01 5959.212
2000-04-01 10874.520
2000-07-01 6445.171
2000-10-01 19991.230
2001-01-01 17526.450
2001-04-01 11681.590
2001-07-01 13970.930
2001-10-01 15023.130
2002-01-01 10784.700
2002-04-01 10681.240
2002-07-01 2441.871
2002-10-01 18496.680
2003-01-01 10606.630
2003-04-01 22446.040
2003-07-01 21060.700
2003-10-01 12428.210
2004-01-01 12436.020
2004-04-01 14372.270
2004-07-01 11647.520
2004-10-01 14791.160
2005-01-01 9993.542
2005-04-01 16133.770
2005-07-01 16153.460
2005-10-01 18896.680
2006-01-01 23388.460
2006-04-01 18775.140
2006-07-01 25602.530
2006-10-01 38031.110
2007-01-01 23378.920
2007-04-01 10639.740
2007-07-01 30362.480
2007-10-01 19114.280
2008-01-01 48854.270
2008-04-01 27333.850
2008-07-01 21758.910
2008-10-01 21489.200
2009-01-01 11130.520
2009-04-01 16804.150
2009-07-01 20305.740
2009-10-01 13904.190
2010-01-01 38370.480
2010-04-01 34822.910
2010-07-01 34409.200
2010-10-01 23771.980
2011-01-01 40023.140
2011-04-01 20063.240
2011-07-01 38847.300
2011-10-01 41626.130
2012-01-01 43330.820
2012-04-01 48823.200
2012-07-01 48772.570
2012-10-01 34929.160
2013-01-01 40463.930
2013-04-01 38033.180
2013-07-01 22496.580
2013-10-01 41397.220
2014-01-01 47161.120
2014-04-01 22621.020
2014-07-01 14597.740
2014-10-01 39681.340
2015-01-01 46701.760
2015-04-01 49768.930
2015-07-01 61811.020
2015-10-01 48724.980
2016-01-01 59152.810
2016-04-01 69773.770
2016-07-01 56136.680
2016-10-01 50376.050
2017-01-01 55425.380
2017-04-01 50997.860
2017-07-01 57447.580
2017-10-01 72961.580
2018-01-01 32328.970
2018-04-01 35242.640
2018-07-01 36265.750
2018-10-01 18612.190
2019-01-01 49185.090
2019-04-01 42939.270
2019-07-01 41994.650
2019-10-01 52141.010
2020-01-01 54313.310
2020-04-01 41636.390
2020-07-01 45250.630
2020-10-01 20999.020
2021-01-01 25983.550
2021-04-01 24950.230
2021-07-01 33647.290
2021-10-01 24745.890
2022-01-01 28157.010
2022-04-01 29241.120
2022-07-01 15245.100
2022-10-01 25445.260
2023-01-01 17539.750
2023-04-01 21088.140
2023-07-01 19839.490
2023-10-01 20311.830
2024-01-01 23638.030
2024-04-01 25132.380
2024-07-01 27130.370

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