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Crisis atlas / DOM

Dominican Republic

63 distinct crisis events in 4 episodes, 1872–2005, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

4
Banking crises
3
Currency crises
56
Sovereign debt crises
63
Crisis events
1872–2005
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. 2005
    Sovereign debtlaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  2. 2004
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  3. 2003
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  4. 2001
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  5. 2000
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 1999
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 1998
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 1997
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 1996
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  10. 1995
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  11. 1994
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  12. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  13. 1992
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  14. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  15. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  16. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  17. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  18. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  19. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  20. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  21. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  22. 1983
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  23. 1982
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  24. 1981
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  25. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  26. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  27. 1932
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  28. 1931
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  29. 1907
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1906
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1905
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1904
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1903
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1902
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1901
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  36. 1900
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1899
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1897
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  39. 1894
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  40. 1893
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1892
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  42. 1888
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  43. 1887
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  44. 1886
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1885
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1884
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1883
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1882
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1880
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1879
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1876
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1875
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1874
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1873
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1872
    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.

1872–1888

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1892–1907

Sovereign debtBanking

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1931–1934

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
No data for this window
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040192619311939

1981–2005

Sovereign debtCurrencyBankingFiscal cost 22.0% of GDP, output loss 12.5% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060197619812010
Policy rate (%)
0510197619812010
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100197619812010

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