Bahamas vs Seychelles: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bahamas
191 years
in 2022
Seychelles
202 years
in 2022
Bahamas rank
46th
Seychelles rank
45th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bahamas
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 202 years against 191 years in Bahamas, a difference of 11 years.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.

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

Bahamas ranks 46th and Seychelles ranks 45th 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.