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Table Data - World Pandemic Uncertainty Index

Title World Pandemic Uncertainty Index
Series ID WUPI
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 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-10-15 2:48 PM CDT
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 0.0000000
1996-04-01 0.0000000
1996-07-01 0.0000000
1996-10-01 0.0000000
1997-01-01 0.0000000
1997-04-01 0.0000000
1997-07-01 0.0000000
1997-10-01 0.0000000
1998-01-01 0.0000000
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 0.0000000
1999-10-01 0.0000000
2000-01-01 0.0000000
2000-04-01 0.0000000
2000-07-01 0.0000000
2000-10-01 0.0000000
2001-01-01 0.0000000
2001-04-01 0.0000000
2001-07-01 0.0000000
2001-10-01 0.0000000
2002-01-01 0.0000000
2002-04-01 0.0000000
2002-07-01 0.0000000
2002-10-01 0.0000000
2003-01-01 0.0000000
2003-04-01 4.3986510
2003-07-01 1.2870270
2003-10-01 0.6421001
2004-01-01 0.1010619
2004-04-01 0.2611953
2004-07-01 0.2631840
2004-10-01 0.0915504
2005-01-01 0.0000000
2005-04-01 0.1360110
2005-07-01 0.0000000
2005-10-01 0.0000000
2006-01-01 0.0000000
2006-04-01 0.0000000
2006-07-01 0.0000000
2006-10-01 0.0000000
2007-01-01 0.2381715
2007-04-01 0.0000000
2007-07-01 0.0000000
2007-10-01 0.0000000
2008-01-01 0.0000000
2008-04-01 0.0000000
2008-07-01 0.0000000
2008-10-01 0.0000000
2009-01-01 0.0000000
2009-04-01 0.0654347
2009-07-01 0.0000000
2009-10-01 0.0000000
2010-01-01 0.0000000
2010-04-01 0.0000000
2010-07-01 0.0000000
2010-10-01 0.0000000
2011-01-01 0.0000000
2011-04-01 0.0000000
2011-07-01 0.0000000
2011-10-01 0.0000000
2012-01-01 0.0000000
2012-04-01 0.0000000
2012-07-01 0.0000000
2012-10-01 0.0000000
2013-01-01 0.0000000
2013-04-01 0.0000000
2013-07-01 0.0000000
2013-10-01 0.0000000
2014-01-01 0.0000000
2014-04-01 0.0000000
2014-07-01 0.1105194
2014-10-01 0.5014935
2015-01-01 0.6304823
2015-04-01 0.4172994
2015-07-01 0.4410201
2015-10-01 0.0689442
2016-01-01 0.0666064
2016-04-01 0.2035999
2016-07-01 0.1981986
2016-10-01 0.0000000
2017-01-01 0.0415879
2017-04-01 0.2785994
2017-07-01 0.0000000
2017-10-01 0.0801858
2018-01-01 0.0719075
2018-04-01 0.0000000
2018-07-01 0.0000000
2018-10-01 0.0000000
2019-01-01 0.0000000
2019-04-01 0.1283709
2019-07-01 0.0612884
2019-10-01 0.0841720
2020-01-01 13.4577200
2020-04-01 15.9158400
2020-07-01 24.1123500
2020-10-01 15.4293400
2021-01-01 13.2009500
2021-04-01 12.8063100
2021-07-01 7.6745140
2021-10-01 11.8213100
2022-01-01 5.1091320
2022-04-01 2.5639820
2022-07-01 0.7148107
2022-10-01 1.1372670
2023-01-01 0.5742161
2023-04-01 1.7223830
2023-07-01 0.1102979
2023-10-01 0.4192857
2024-01-01 0.4850233
2024-04-01 0.4507733
2024-07-01 0.4783822

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