Observations

Q4 2025: 0.09653

Updated: Jan 15, 2026 2:36 PM CST

Units:

Index,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

World Pandemic Uncertainty Index	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Source

Ahir, Hites	2020-04-30	2026-01-15
Bloom, Nick	2020-04-30	2026-01-15
Furceri, Davide	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Release

World Uncertainty Index	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Units

Index	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Frequency

Quarterly	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

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' (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3275033) for additional explanation.	2020-04-30	2026-01-15

Release Tables

World Uncertainty Index