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

Angola
400 years
in 2022
Jamaica
454 years
in 2022
Angola rank
6th
Jamaica rank
3rd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Angola
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 454 years against 400 years in Angola, a difference of 54 years.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

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

Angola ranks 6th and Jamaica ranks 3rd 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.