Argentina vs Mauritius: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Argentina
240 years
in 2022
Mauritius
254 years
in 2022
Argentina rank
40th
Mauritius rank
38th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Argentina
  • Mauritius
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 254 years against 240 years in Argentina, a difference of 14 years.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Mauritius ahead.

Argentina ranks 40th and Mauritius ranks 38th 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.