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Crisis atlas / ECU

Ecuador

143 distinct crisis events in 8 episodes, 1830–2009, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

13
Banking crises
25
Currency crises
105
Sovereign debt crises
143
Crisis events
1830–2009
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. 2009
    Sovereign debtlaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  2. 2008
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  3. 2002
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  4. 2001
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  5. 2000
    Sovereign debtlaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  6. 1999
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  7. 1998
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  8. 1997
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  9. 1996
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  10. 1995
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
  11. 1994
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  12. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  13. 1992
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  14. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  17. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  19. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  20. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  21. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  22. 1983
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  23. 1982
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  24. 1981
    Bankingrr1 source
  25. 1971
    Currencyrr1 source
  26. 1954
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  27. 1953
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  28. 1952
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  29. 1951
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1950
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1949
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1948
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1947
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1946
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1945
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  36. 1944
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  39. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1940
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1939
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1938
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  43. 1937
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  44. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  46. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  47. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1932
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1931
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  50. 1930
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1929
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  52. 1924
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  53. 1923
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1922
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  55. 1921
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  56. 1920
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1919
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1918
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  59. 1917
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  60. 1916
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  61. 1915
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  62. 1914
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  63. 1911
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1910
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  65. 1909
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  66. 1908
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  67. 1907
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  68. 1906
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  69. 1898
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  70. 1897
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  71. 1896
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  72. 1895
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  73. 1894
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  74. 1890
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  75. 1889
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  76. 1888
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  77. 1887
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  78. 1886
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  79. 1885
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  80. 1884
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  81. 1883
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  82. 1882
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  83. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  84. 1880
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  85. 1879
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  86. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  87. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  88. 1876
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  89. 1875
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  90. 1874
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  91. 1873
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  92. 1872
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  93. 1871
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  94. 1870
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  95. 1869
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  96. 1868
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  97. 1845
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  98. 1844
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  99. 1843
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  100. 1842
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  101. 1841
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  102. 1840
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  103. 1839
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  104. 1838
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  105. 1837
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  106. 1836
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  107. 1835
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  108. 1834
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  109. 1833
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  110. 1832
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  111. 1831
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  112. 1830
    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.

1830–1845

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1868–1890

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1894–1898

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1906–1924

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
No data for this window
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100190119061929

1929–1954

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-250255075192419291959
Policy rate (%)
0510192419291959
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060192419291959

1971

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060196619711976
Policy rate (%)
0510196619711976
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040196619711976

1981–2002

BankingCurrencySovereign debtoutput loss 98.2% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
050100197619812007
Policy rate (%)
0255075197619812007
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100150197619812007

2008–2009

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
0510200320082014
Policy rate (%)
051015200320082014
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060200320082014

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