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Crisis atlas / MUS

Mauritius

6 distinct crisis events in 2 episodes, 1979–1997, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

1
Banking crises
5
Currency crises
0
Sovereign debt crises
6
Crisis events
1979–1997
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. 1997
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  2. 1996
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  3. 1984
    Currencyrr1 source
  4. 1983
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  5. 1981
    Currencyrr1 source
  6. 1979
    Currencygmd, 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.

1979–1984

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0204060197419791989
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075197419791989

1996–1997

BankingCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
051015199119962002
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075199119962002

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