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Crisis atlas / ZWE

Zimbabwe

69 distinct crisis events in 2 episodes, 1965–2016, from the union of five primary chronologies.

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

15
Banking crises
21
Currency crises
33
Sovereign debt crises
69
Crisis events
1965–2016
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. 2016
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  2. 2015
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  3. 2014
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  4. 2013
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  5. 2012
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  6. 2011
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  7. 2010
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  8. 2009
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  9. 2008
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  10. 2007
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  11. 2006
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  12. 2005
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  13. 2004
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  14. 2003
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  15. 2002
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  16. 2001
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  17. 2000
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  18. 1999
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  19. 1998
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  20. 1997
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  21. 1996
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  22. 1995
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  23. 1994
    Currencyrr1 source
  24. 1993
    Currencyrr1 source
  25. 1991
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  26. 1990
    Currencyrr1 source
  27. 1989
    Currencyrr1 source
  28. 1988
    Currencyrr1 source
  29. 1984
    Currencyrr1 source
  30. 1983
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  31. 1982
    Currencyrr1 source
  32. 1980
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  33. 1979
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1978
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  35. 1977
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  36. 1976
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  37. 1975
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1974
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  39. 1973
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1972
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  41. 1971
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1970
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  43. 1969
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  44. 1968
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1967
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1966
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1965
    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.

1965–1984

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-20020196019651989
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060196019651989

1988–2016

CurrencyBankingSovereign debtoutput loss 10.4% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
-2500250500750198319882021
Policy rate (%)
0200400600198319882021
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075198319882021

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