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Crisis atlas / COL

Colombia

110 distinct crisis events in 14 episodes, 1826–2016, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

10
Banking crises
32
Currency crises
68
Sovereign debt crises
110
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. 2002
    Currencyrr1 source
  5. 2000
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  6. 1999
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  7. 1998
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  8. 1997
    Currencyrr1 source
  9. 1995
    Currencyrr1 source
  10. 1991
    Currencyrr1 source
  11. 1990
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 1989
    Currencyrr1 source
  13. 1988
    Currencyrr1 source
  14. 1987
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  15. 1986
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  16. 1985
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  17. 1984
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  18. 1983
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  19. 1982
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  20. 1981
    Currencyrr1 source
  21. 1980
    Currencyrr1 source
  22. 1976
    Currencyrr1 source
  23. 1967
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  24. 1965
    Currencyrr1 source
  25. 1962
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  26. 1958
    Currencyrr1 source
  27. 1957
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  28. 1951
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  29. 1944
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1940
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1939
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1938
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  36. 1937
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  39. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1932
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  42. 1931
    Bankinggmd1 source
  43. 1920
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  44. 1909
    Currencyrr1 source
  45. 1906
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  46. 1904
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1903
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1902
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1901
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1900
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  51. 1896
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1895
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1894
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1893
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1892
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1891
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1890
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1889
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  59. 1888
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  60. 1887
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  61. 1886
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  62. 1885
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  63. 1884
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1883
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  65. 1882
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  66. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  67. 1880
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  68. 1873
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  69. 1861
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  70. 1860
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  71. 1859
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  72. 1858
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  73. 1857
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  74. 1856
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  75. 1855
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  76. 1854
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  77. 1853
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  78. 1852
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  79. 1851
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  80. 1850
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  81. 1845
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  82. 1844
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  83. 1843
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  84. 1842
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  85. 1841
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  86. 1840
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  87. 1839
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  88. 1838
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  89. 1837
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  90. 1836
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  91. 1835
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  92. 1834
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  93. 1833
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  94. 1832
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  95. 1831
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  96. 1830
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  97. 1829
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  98. 1828
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  99. 1827
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  100. 1826
    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.

1826–1845

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1850–1861

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030184518501866
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1873

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020186818731878
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1880–1896

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050100187518801901
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100187518801901

1900–1909

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-50-2502550189519001914
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100189519001914

1920

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050100191519201925
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
051015191519201925

1931–1944

BankingCurrencySovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050192619311949
Policy rate (%)
0510192619311949
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030192619311949

1951

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020194619511956
Policy rate (%)
024194619511956
Govt debt (% of GDP)
051015194619511956

1957–1958

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-100102030195219571963
Policy rate (%)
02.557.5195219571963
Govt debt (% of GDP)
01020195219571963

1962–1967

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030195719621972
Policy rate (%)
051015195719621972
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030195719621972

1976

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
02040197119761981
Policy rate (%)
0102030197119761981
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030197119761981

1980–1991

CurrencyBankingFiscal cost 5.0% of GDP, output loss 47.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02040197519801996
Policy rate (%)
0204060197519801996
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030197519801996

1995–2002

CurrencyBankingFiscal cost 6.3% of GDP, output loss 43.4% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02040199019952007
Policy rate (%)
0204060199019952007
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060199019952007

2014–2016

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0510200920142021
Policy rate (%)
02.557.5200920142021
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075200920142021

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