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Crisis atlas / URY

Uruguay

82 distinct crisis events in 9 episodes, 1876–2005, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

12
Banking crises
43
Currency crises
27
Sovereign debt crises
82
Crisis events
1876–2005
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. 2005
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  2. 2004
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  3. 2003
    Sovereign debtlaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  4. 2002
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia2 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  5. 2001
    Currencyrr1 source
  6. 1997
    Currencyrr1 source
  7. 1996
    Currencyrr1 source
  8. 1995
    Currencyrr1 source
  9. 1994
    Currencyrr1 source
  10. 1993
    Currencyrr1 source
  11. 1992
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 1991
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
  13. 1990
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  14. 1989
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1988
    Currencyrr1 source
  16. 1987
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  17. 1986
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1985
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  19. 1984
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  20. 1983
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  21. 1982
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  22. 1981
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  23. 1980
    Currencyrr1 source
  24. 1979
    Currencyrr1 source
  25. 1978
    Currencyrr1 source
  26. 1977
    Currencyrr1 source
  27. 1976
    Currencyrr1 source
  28. 1975
    Currencyrr1 source
  29. 1974
    Currencyrr1 source
  30. 1972
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  31. 1971
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  32. 1970
    Currencyrr1 source
  33. 1968
    Currencyrr1 source
  34. 1967
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  35. 1965
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
  36. 1964
    Currencyrr1 source
  37. 1963
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  38. 1958
    Currencyrr1 source
  39. 1957
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  40. 1949
    Currencyrr1 source
  41. 1948
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  42. 1939
    Currencyrr1 source
  43. 1938
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  44. 1937
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1936
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1935
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1934
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1933
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1932
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  50. 1931
    Currencyrr1 source
  51. 1930
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  52. 1921
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  53. 1920
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1919
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  55. 1918
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1917
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1916
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  58. 1915
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  59. 1898
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  60. 1893
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  61. 1891
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  62. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  63. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1876
    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.

1876–1878

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-10-50510187118761883
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075187118761883

1891–1893

Sovereign debtBanking
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040188618911898
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100150188618911898

1898

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
-20020189318981903
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100189318981903

1915–1921

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020191019151926
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100191019151926

1930–1939

CurrencySovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-50510192519301944
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060192519301944

1948–1949

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-1001020194319481954
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
01020194319481954

1957–1958

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
02040195219571963
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1963–1997

CurrencySovereign debtBankingFiscal cost 31.2% of GDP, output loss 38.1% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
050100150195819632002
Policy rate (%)
0200400195819632002
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100195819632002

2001–2005

CurrencyBankingSovereign debtFiscal cost 20.0% of GDP, output loss 66.1% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030199620012010
Policy rate (%)
0200400199620012010
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100199620012010

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