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Crisis atlas / FIN

Finland

29 distinct crisis events in 12 episodes, 18772021, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

14
Banking crises
15
Currency crises
0
Sovereign debt crises
29
Crisis events
1877–2021
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. 2021
    Bankingesrb1 source
  2. 2020
    Bankingesrb1 source
  3. 2005
    Currencyrr1 source
  4. 1996
    Bankingesrb1 source
  5. 1995
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia2 sources
  6. 1994
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  7. 1993
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  8. 1992
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  9. 1991
    Bankingesrb, jst, laeven_valencia, rr4 sources
  10. 1990
    Bankinggmd1 source
  11. 1967
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  12. 1963
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  13. 1950
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  14. 1948
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1946
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1945
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  17. 1939
    Bankingrr1 source
  18. 1932
    Currencyrr1 source
  19. 1931
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
    Bankinggmd, jst, rr3 sources
  20. 1921
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, jst, rr3 sources
  21. 1920
    Currencyrr1 source
  22. 1919
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  23. 1915
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  24. 1900
    Bankinggmd, jst, rr3 sources
  25. 1877
    Bankingjst1 source

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.

1877

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020187218771882
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1900

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
-505189519001905
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1915

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1000100200300191019151920
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030191019151920

1919–1921

CurrencyBanking
Inflation (% y/y)
-1000100200300191419191926
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030191419191926

1931–1932

BankingCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-10-50510192619311937
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
01020192619311937

1939

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020193419391944
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075193419391944

1945–1950

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-250255075194019451955
Policy rate (%)
0510194019451955
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075194019451955

1963

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
051015195819631968
Policy rate (%)
02.557.5195819631968
Govt debt (% of GDP)
01020195819631968

1967

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
051015196219671972
Policy rate (%)
0510196219671972
Govt debt (% of GDP)
01020196219671972

1990–1996

BankingCurrencyFiscal cost 12.8% of GDP, output loss 69.6% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02.557.5198519902001
Policy rate (%)
0510198519902001
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060198519902001

2005

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
024200020052010
Policy rate (%)
024200020052010
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060200020052010
Inflation (% y/y)
-2.502.557.5201520202025
Policy rate (%)
-2024201520202025
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100201520202025

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