What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis?

11 years, with Saint Kitts and Nevis ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis?

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.

Antigua and Barbuda vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Antigua and Barbuda

350 years

in 2022

Saint Kitts and Nevis

361 years

in 2022

Antigua and Barbuda rank

12th

Saint Kitts and Nevis rank

11th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Kitts and Nevis

How they compare

Saint Kitts and Nevis currently reports 361 years against 350 years in Antigua and Barbuda, a difference of 11 years.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Saint Kitts and Nevis has been ahead every year.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 12th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 11th of 159 countries.

Saint Kitts and Nevis has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Difference	Ahead
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1610s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1620s	0 years	2.8 years	2.8 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1630s	3.6 years	12.5 years	8.9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1640s	13.5 years	22.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1650s	23.5 years	32.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1660s	33.5 years	42.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1670s	43.5 years	52.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1680s	53.5 years	62.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1690s	63.5 years	72.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1700s	73.5 years	82.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1710s	83.5 years	92.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1720s	93.5 years	102.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1730s	103.5 years	112.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1740s	113.5 years	122.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1750s	123.5 years	132.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1760s	133.5 years	142.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1770s	143.5 years	152.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1780s	153.5 years	162.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1790s	163.5 years	172.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1800s	173.5 years	182.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1810s	183.5 years	192.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1820s	193.5 years	202.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1830s	203.5 years	212.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1840s	213.5 years	222.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1850s	223.5 years	232.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1860s	233.5 years	242.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1870s	243.5 years	252.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1880s	253.5 years	262.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1890s	263.5 years	272.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1900s	273.5 years	282.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1910s	283.5 years	292.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1920s	293.5 years	302.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1930s	303.5 years	312.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1940s	313.5 years	322.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1950s	323.5 years	332.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1960s	333.5 years	342.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1970s	343.5 years	352.5 years	9 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1980s	349.9 years	360.4 years	10.5 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1990s	350 years	361 years	11 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
2000s	350 years	361 years	11 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
2010s	350 years	361 years	11 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis
2020s	350 years	361 years	11 years	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Antigua and Barbuda or Saint Kitts and Nevis?: Saint Kitts and Nevis, at 361 years against 350 years in Antigua and Barbuda as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis?: 11 years, with Saint Kitts and Nevis ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 12th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 11th 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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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: 07 August 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.