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Crisis atlas / SLV

El Salvador

72 distinct crisis events in 6 episodes, 1828–1999, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

4
Banking crises
3
Currency crises
65
Sovereign debt crises
72
Crisis events
1828–1999
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. 1999
    Bankingrr1 source
  2. 1998
    Bankingrr1 source
  3. 1996
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  4. 1995
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  5. 1994
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 1993
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 1992
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 1991
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  10. 1989
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  11. 1988
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  13. 1986
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  14. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  15. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  16. 1983
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  17. 1982
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  18. 1981
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  19. 1973
    Currencyrr1 source
  20. 1946
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  21. 1945
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  22. 1944
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  23. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  24. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  25. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  26. 1940
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  27. 1939
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  28. 1938
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  29. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  30. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  31. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  32. 1932
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  33. 1922
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1921
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  35. 1898
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  36. 1860
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1859
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1858
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  39. 1857
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1856
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1855
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1854
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  43. 1853
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  44. 1852
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1851
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1850
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1849
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1848
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1847
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1846
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1845
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  52. 1844
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1843
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1842
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1841
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1840
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1839
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1838
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  59. 1837
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  60. 1836
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  61. 1835
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  62. 1834
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  63. 1833
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1832
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  65. 1831
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  66. 1830
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  67. 1829
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  68. 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.

1828–1860

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1898

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1921–1922

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
No data for this window
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040191619211927

1932–1946

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040192719321951
Policy rate (%)
024192719321951
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075192719321951

1973

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020196819731978
Policy rate (%)
0246196819731978
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030196819731978

1981–1999

Sovereign debtCurrencyBankingoutput loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02040197619812004
Policy rate (%)
0246197619812004
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100197619812004

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