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Crisis atlas / TUN

Tunisia

25 distinct crisis events in 8 episodes, 18671995, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

5
Banking crises
9
Currency crises
11
Sovereign debt crises
25
Crisis events
1867–1995
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. 1995
    Bankingrr1 source
  2. 1994
    Bankingrr1 source
  3. 1993
    Bankingrr1 source
  4. 1992
    Bankingrr1 source
  5. 1991
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  6. 1986
    Currencyrr1 source
  7. 1982
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 1981
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  9. 1980
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  10. 1979
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  11. 1978
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 1974
    Currencyrr1 source
  13. 1965
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  14. 1963
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  15. 1958
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  16. 1956
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  17. 1950
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1949
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  19. 1946
    Currencyrr1 source
  20. 1944
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  21. 1870
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  22. 1869
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  23. 1868
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  24. 1867
    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.

1867–1870

Sovereign debt

No macro panel coverage for this window.

1944–1950

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-250255075193919441955
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1956–1958

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020195119561963
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1963–1965

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-10010195819631970
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060195819631970

1974

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0510196919741979
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060196919741979

1978–1982

CurrencySovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
051015197319781987
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060197319781987

1986

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
051015198119861991
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075198119861991

1991–1995

BankingFiscal cost 3.0% of GDP, output loss 1.3% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
0510198619912000
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075198619912000

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