Crisis atlas / CHL
Chile
118 distinct crisis events in 11 episodes, 1826–2016, from the union of five primary chronologies.
Debt profile: government debt trajectory and crisis-start levels →
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.
- 2016Currencyrr1 source
- 2015Currencyrr1 source
- 2014Currencyrr1 source
- 2008Currencyrr1 source
- 1990Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
- 1989Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1988Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1987Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1986Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1985Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 sourceBankinglaeven_valencia1 source
- 1984Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 sourceBankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
- 1983Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sourcesCurrencyrr1 sourceBankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
- 1982Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sourcesBankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
- 1981Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
- 1979Currencyrr1 source
- 1978Currencyrr1 source
- 1977Currencyrr1 sourceBankingrr1 source
- 1976Currencyrr1 sourceBankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
- 1975Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1974Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1973Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1972Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
- 1971Currencyrr1 source
- 1970Currencyrr1 source
- 1969Currencyrr1 source
- 1967Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1965Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sourcesCurrencyrr1 source
- 1964Currencyrr1 source
- 1963Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1962Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1961Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
- 1960Currencyrr1 source
- 1958Currencyrr1 source
- 1957Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1955Currencyrr1 source
- 1954Currencyrr1 source
- 1953Currencyrr1 source
- 1952Currencyrr1 source
- 1951Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1949Currencyrr1 source
- 1948Currencyrr1 source
- 1947Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1946Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencyrr1 source
- 1945Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1944Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1943Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1942Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1941Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1940Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1939Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1938Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1937Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1936Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1935Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1934Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1933Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1932Sovereign debtrr1 sourceCurrencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1931Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sourcesBankinggmd1 source
- 1926Bankingrr1 source
- 1925Bankinggmd1 source
- 1921Currencyrr1 source
- 1919Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1914Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
- 1908Currencygmd, rr2 sourcesBankingrr1 source
- 1907Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
- 1899Bankingrr1 source
- 1898Bankinggmd1 source
- 1894Currencyrr1 source
- 1893Currencyrr1 source
- 1891Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1890Bankingrr1 source
- 1885Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1883Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1882Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1881Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1880Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
- 1879Currencygmd, rr2 sources
- 1878Bankinggmd1 source
- 1842Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1841Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1840Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1839Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1838Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1837Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1836Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1835Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1834Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1833Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1832Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1831Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1830Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1829Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1828Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1827Sovereign debtrr1 source
- 1826Sovereign 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.
1826–1842
Sovereign debt1878–1885
BankingCurrencySovereign debt1890–1894
BankingCurrency1898–1899
Banking1907–1908
BankingCurrency1914
Banking1919–1921
Currency1925–1926
Banking2008
Currency2014–2016
CurrencySource: 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