Belize vs Jamaica: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Belize
458 years
in 2022
Jamaica
454 years
in 2022
Belize rank
2nd
Jamaica rank
3rd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Belize
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Belize currently reports 458 years against 454 years in Jamaica, a difference of 4 years.

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

Belize ranks 2nd and Jamaica ranks 3rd 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.