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Crisis atlas / UKR

Ukraine

16 distinct crisis events in 3 episodes, 19982018, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

10
Banking crises
3
Currency crises
3
Sovereign debt crises
16
Crisis events
1998–2018
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. 2018
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  2. 2017
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  3. 2016
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  4. 2015
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  5. 2014
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  6. 2010
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  7. 2009
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  8. 2008
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
  9. 1999
    Sovereign debtlaeven_valencia1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia1 source
  10. 1998
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia2 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.

1998–1999

BankingCurrencySovereign debtFiscal cost 0.0% of GDP, output loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
02k4k6k199319982004
Policy rate (%)
0204060199319982004
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060199319982004

2008–2010

BankingCurrencyFiscal cost 4.5% of GDP, output loss 0.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-200204060200320082015
Policy rate (%)
0510200320082015
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100200320082015

2014–2018

BankingCurrencySovereign debtFiscal cost 13.9% of GDP, output loss 75.5% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-200204060200920142023
Policy rate (%)
0510200920142023
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100200920142023

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