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Crisis atlas / BOL

Bolivia

71 distinct crisis events in 5 episodes, 1875–1999, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

6
Banking crises
20
Currency crises
45
Sovereign debt crises
71
Crisis events
1875–1999
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. 1999
    Bankingrr1 source
  2. 1997
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  3. 1996
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  4. 1995
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  5. 1994
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  6. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 1992
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  8. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  10. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  11. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  12. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  13. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  14. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1983
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  17. 1982
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1981
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  19. 1980
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  20. 1979
    Currencyrr1 source
  21. 1973
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  22. 1972
    Currencyrr1 source
  23. 1963
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  24. 1958
    Currencyrr1 source
  25. 1956
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  26. 1953
    Currencyrr1 source
  27. 1950
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  28. 1948
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  29. 1947
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1946
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1945
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1944
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  36. 1940
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1939
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1938
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  39. 1937
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  40. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  41. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  43. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  44. 1932
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  45. 1931
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  46. 1930
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1929
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1928
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1927
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  50. 1879
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1876
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1875
    Sovereign debtgmd, 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.

1875–1879

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1927–1958

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1000100200192219271963
Policy rate (%)
01020192219271963
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200192219271963

1963

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-100102030195819631968
Policy rate (%)
01020195819631968
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1972–1973

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060196719721978
Policy rate (%)
01020196719721978
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100196719721978

1979–1999

CurrencySovereign debtBankingoutput loss 49.2% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
05k10k15k197419792004
Policy rate (%)
050100150197419792004
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200300197419792004

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