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Crisis atlas / MMR

Myanmar

34 distinct crisis events in 3 episodes, 1975–2015, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

6
Banking crises
7
Currency crises
21
Sovereign debt crises
34
Crisis events
1975–2015
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. 2015
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  2. 2014
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  3. 2013
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  4. 2012
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  5. 2011
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 2010
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 2009
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 2008
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 2007
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  10. 2006
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  11. 2005
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  12. 2004
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  13. 2003
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  14. 2002
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  15. 2001
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  16. 2000
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  17. 1999
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  18. 1998
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  19. 1997
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  20. 1996
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  21. 1990
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  22. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  23. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  24. 1975
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 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.

1975

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040197019751980
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060197019751980

1984–1990

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
02040197919841995
Policy rate (%)
051015197919841995
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200300197919841995

1996–2015

BankingCurrencySovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-200204060199119962020
Policy rate (%)
051015199119962020
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200300199119962020

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