Algeria vs Singapore: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Algeria
115 years
in 2022
Singapore
138 years
in 2022
Algeria rank
52nd
Singapore rank
51st

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Algeria
  • Singapore
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How they compare

Singapore currently reports 138 years against 115 years in Algeria, a difference of 23 years.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Algeria's.

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

Algeria ranks 52nd and Singapore ranks 51st 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.