Angola vs Guyana: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Angola
400 years
in 2022
Guyana
387 years
in 2022
Angola rank
6th
Guyana rank
8th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Angola
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 400 years against 387 years in Guyana, a difference of 13 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Guyana ahead.

Angola ranks 6th and Guyana ranks 8th 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
Last refreshed

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.