What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Algeria and Equatorial Guinea?

28 years, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Equatorial Guinea?

561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Equatorial Guinea: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Algeria

115 years

in 2022

Equatorial Guinea

143 years

in 2022

Algeria rank

52nd

Equatorial Guinea rank

49th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Algeria
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 143 years against 115 years in Algeria, a difference of 28 years.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Algeria's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 52nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 49th of 159 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

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1770s	0 years	0.2 years	0.2 years	Equatorial Guinea
1780s	0 years	1 years	1 years	Equatorial Guinea
1790s	0 years	1 years	1 years	Equatorial Guinea
1800s	0 years	1 years	1 years	Equatorial Guinea
1810s	0 years	1 years	1 years	Equatorial Guinea
1820s	0 years	1.6 years	1.6 years	Equatorial Guinea
1830s	0 years	9.5 years	9.5 years	Equatorial Guinea
1840s	0.3 years	19.5 years	19.2 years	Equatorial Guinea
1850s	7.5 years	29.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1860s	17.5 years	39.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1870s	27.5 years	49.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1880s	37.5 years	59.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1890s	47.5 years	69.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1900s	57.5 years	79.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1910s	67.5 years	89.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1920s	77.5 years	99.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	87.5 years	109.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	97.5 years	119.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	107.5 years	129.5 years	22 years	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	114.7 years	139.4 years	24.7 years	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	115 years	143 years	28 years	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Algeria or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 143 years against 115 years in Algeria as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Algeria and Equatorial Guinea?: 28 years, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Equatorial Guinea?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Algeria and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Algeria ranks 52nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 49th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit: years
Source: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.