How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and East Timor?

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.

Barbados vs East Timor: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Barbados

340 years

in 2022

East Timor

334 years

in 2022

Barbados rank

13th

East Timor rank

15th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Barbados
East Timor

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 340 years against 334 years in East Timor, a difference of 6 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was East Timor ahead.

Barbados ranks 13th and East Timor ranks 15th of 159 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1460s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1470s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1480s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1490s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1500s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1510s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1520s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1530s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1540s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1550s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1560s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1570s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1580s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1590s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1600s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1610s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1620s	0.6 years	0 years	0.6 years	Barbados
1630s	8.5 years	0 years	8.5 years	Barbados
1640s	18.5 years	3.6 years	14.9 years	Barbados
1650s	28.5 years	13.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1660s	38.5 years	23.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1670s	48.5 years	33.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1680s	58.5 years	43.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1690s	68.5 years	53.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1700s	78.5 years	63.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1710s	88.5 years	73.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1720s	98.5 years	83.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1730s	108.5 years	93.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1740s	118.5 years	103.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1750s	128.5 years	113.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1760s	138.5 years	123.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1770s	148.5 years	133.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1780s	158.5 years	143.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1790s	168.5 years	153.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1800s	178.5 years	163.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1810s	188.5 years	173.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1820s	198.5 years	183.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1830s	208.5 years	193.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1840s	218.5 years	203.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1850s	228.5 years	213.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1860s	238.5 years	223.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1870s	248.5 years	233.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1880s	258.5 years	243.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1890s	268.5 years	253.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1900s	278.5 years	263.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1910s	288.5 years	273.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1920s	298.5 years	283.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1930s	308.5 years	293.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1940s	318.5 years	303.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1950s	328.5 years	313.5 years	15 years	Barbados
1960s	337.9 years	323.5 years	14.4 years	Barbados
1970s	340 years	332.5 years	7.5 years	Barbados
1980s	340 years	334 years	6 years	Barbados
1990s	340 years	334 years	6 years	Barbados
2000s	340 years	334 years	6 years	Barbados
2010s	340 years	334 years	6 years	Barbados
2020s	340 years	334 years	6 years	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Barbados or East Timor?: Barbados, at 340 years against 334 years in East Timor as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Barbados and East Timor?: 6 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and East Timor?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Barbados and East Timor rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Barbados ranks 13th and East Timor ranks 15th 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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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: 18 September 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.