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Crisis atlas / AGO

Angola

56 distinct crisis events in 5 episodes, 1959–2020, from the union of five primary chronologies.

Debt profile: government debt trajectory and crisis-start levels →

12
Banking crises
24
Currency crises
20
Sovereign debt crises
56
Crisis events
1959–2020
Span

Crisis timeline

Every distinct (year, type) event, most recent first, with the chronologies flagging it. Start-year sources (GMD, JST) do not mark continuation years, so long episodes show lower agreement after their first year.

  1. 2020
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  2. 2019
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  3. 2018
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  4. 2017
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  5. 2016
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  6. 2015
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  7. 2009
    Currencyrr1 source
  8. 2005
    Currencyrr1 source
  9. 2004
    Currencyrr1 source
  10. 2003
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  11. 2002
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 2001
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  13. 2000
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  14. 1999
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1998
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  16. 1997
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  17. 1996
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  18. 1995
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  19. 1994
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  20. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  21. 1992
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  22. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  23. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  24. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  25. 1988
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  26. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  27. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  28. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  29. 1976
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1973
    Currencyrr1 source
  31. 1972
    Currencyrr1 source
  32. 1970
    Currencyrr1 source
  33. 1968
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  34. 1966
    Currencyrr1 source
  35. 1963
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  36. 1959
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) | Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory R6 | Laeven & Valencia (2020) | Reinhart-Rogoff via HBS BFFS | ECB/ESRB Financial Crises Database Methodology

Macro context around each episode

Inflation, central-bank policy rate, and government debt in a window of five years either side of each crisis episode (consecutive crisis years bridged across gaps of up to two years). Crisis years shaded.

1959

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040195419591964
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1963–1976

CurrencySovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050100150195819631981
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1985–2005

Sovereign debtCurrencyBanking
Inflation (% y/y)
02k4k6k198019852010
Policy rate (%)
0100200198019852010
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200198019852010

2009

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060200420092014
Policy rate (%)
050100200420092014
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060200420092014

2015–2020

CurrencyBankingFiscal cost 2.6% of GDP, output loss 69.9% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02040201020152025
Policy rate (%)
0102030201020152025
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100150201020152025

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) Inflation is % year over year; policy rate is the central-bank rate in %; government debt is % of GDP. Methodology