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

Barbados
340 years
in 2022
Saint Kitts and Nevis
361 years
in 2022
Barbados rank
13th
Saint Kitts and Nevis rank
11th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Barbados
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
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How they compare

Saint Kitts and Nevis currently reports 361 years against 340 years in Barbados, a difference of 21 years.

That makes Saint Kitts and Nevis's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

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

Barbados ranks 13th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 11th 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.