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Crisis atlas / GTM

Guatemala

70 distinct crisis events in 8 episodes, 18282006, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

3
Banking crises
3
Currency crises
64
Sovereign debt crises
70
Crisis events
1828–2006
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. 2006
    Bankingrr1 source
  2. 2001
    Bankingrr1 source
  3. 1990
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  4. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  5. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  6. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 1933
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  10. 1913
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  11. 1912
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  12. 1911
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  13. 1910
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  14. 1909
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  15. 1908
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  16. 1907
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  17. 1906
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  18. 1905
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  19. 1904
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  20. 1903
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  21. 1902
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  22. 1901
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  23. 1900
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  24. 1899
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  25. 1894
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  26. 1888
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  27. 1887
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  28. 1886
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  29. 1885
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1884
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1883
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1882
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1880
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1879
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  36. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1876
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  39. 1856
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1855
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1854
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1853
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  43. 1852
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  44. 1851
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1850
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1849
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1848
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1847
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1846
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1845
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1844
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1843
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1842
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1841
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1840
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1839
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1838
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1837
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  59. 1836
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  60. 1835
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  61. 1834
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  62. 1833
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  63. 1832
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1831
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  65. 1830
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  66. 1829
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  67. 1828
    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.

1828–1856

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1876–1888

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1894

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1899–1913

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1933–1936

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-6-4-20192819331941
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040192819331941

1986–1990

CurrencySovereign debtBanking
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060198119861995
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060198119861995

2001

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
051015199620012006
Policy rate (%)
0246199620012006
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030199620012006

2006

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
051015200120062011
Policy rate (%)
02.557.5200120062011
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030200120062011

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