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Crisis atlas / CAF

Central African Republic

58 distinct crisis events in 3 episodes, 1943–2016, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

19
Banking crises
4
Currency crises
35
Sovereign debt crises
58
Crisis events
1943–2016
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. 2016
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  2. 2015
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  3. 2014
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  4. 2013
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  5. 2012
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 2011
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 2010
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 2009
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 2008
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  10. 2007
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  11. 2006
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  12. 2005
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  13. 2004
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  14. 2003
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  15. 2002
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  16. 2001
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  17. 2000
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  18. 1999
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  19. 1998
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  20. 1997
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  21. 1996
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  22. 1995
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  23. 1994
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  24. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  25. 1992
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  26. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  27. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  28. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  29. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  30. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1983
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1982
    Bankingrr1 source
  36. 1981
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  37. 1980
    Bankingrr1 source
  38. 1979
    Bankingrr1 source
  39. 1978
    Bankingrr1 source
  40. 1977
    Bankingrr1 source
  41. 1976
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  42. 1959
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  43. 1944
    Currencyrr1 source
  44. 1943
    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.

1943–1944

Currency

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1959

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
051015195419591964
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1976–2016

BankingSovereign debtCurrencyoutput loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040197119762021
Policy rate (%)
051015197119762021
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100150197119762021

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