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
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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.

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About this data

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
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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.