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Crisis atlas / CHL

Chile

118 distinct crisis events in 11 episodes, 1826–2016, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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17
Banking crises
48
Currency crises
53
Sovereign debt crises
118
Crisis events
1826–2016
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
    Currencyrr1 source
  2. 2015
    Currencyrr1 source
  3. 2014
    Currencyrr1 source
  4. 2008
    Currencyrr1 source
  5. 1990
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  6. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  7. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  9. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  10. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  11. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  12. 1983
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  13. 1982
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  14. 1981
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  15. 1979
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1978
    Currencyrr1 source
  17. 1977
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  18. 1976
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  19. 1975
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  20. 1974
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  21. 1973
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  22. 1972
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  23. 1971
    Currencyrr1 source
  24. 1970
    Currencyrr1 source
  25. 1969
    Currencyrr1 source
  26. 1967
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  27. 1965
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
  28. 1964
    Currencyrr1 source
  29. 1963
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  30. 1962
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  31. 1961
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  32. 1960
    Currencyrr1 source
  33. 1958
    Currencyrr1 source
  34. 1957
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  35. 1955
    Currencyrr1 source
  36. 1954
    Currencyrr1 source
  37. 1953
    Currencyrr1 source
  38. 1952
    Currencyrr1 source
  39. 1951
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  40. 1949
    Currencyrr1 source
  41. 1948
    Currencyrr1 source
  42. 1947
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  43. 1946
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  44. 1945
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1944
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  47. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1940
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1939
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1938
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1937
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1932
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  58. 1931
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
    Bankinggmd1 source
  59. 1926
    Bankingrr1 source
  60. 1925
    Bankinggmd1 source
  61. 1921
    Currencyrr1 source
  62. 1919
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  63. 1914
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  64. 1908
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  65. 1907
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  66. 1899
    Bankingrr1 source
  67. 1898
    Bankinggmd1 source
  68. 1894
    Currencyrr1 source
  69. 1893
    Currencyrr1 source
  70. 1891
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  71. 1890
    Bankingrr1 source
  72. 1885
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  73. 1883
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  74. 1882
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  75. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  76. 1880
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  77. 1879
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  78. 1878
    Bankinggmd1 source
  79. 1842
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  80. 1841
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  81. 1840
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  82. 1839
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  83. 1838
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  84. 1837
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  85. 1836
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  86. 1835
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  87. 1834
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  88. 1833
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  89. 1832
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  90. 1831
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  91. 1830
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  92. 1829
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  93. 1828
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  94. 1827
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  95. 1826
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) | Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory R6 | Laeven & Valencia (2020, 2026) | 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 debt
Inflation (% y/y)
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)

1878–1885

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

1890–1894

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

1898–1899

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

1907–1908

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

1914

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

1919–1921

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

1925–1926

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
Policy rate (%)
Govt debt (% of GDP)

1931–1990

BankingSovereign debtCurrency1976: output loss 19.9% of GDP1981–1985: fiscal cost 42.9% of GDP, output loss 8.6% of GDP(Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
Policy rate (%)
Govt debt (% of GDP)

2008

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

2014–2016

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

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