Bhutan vs Papua New Guinea: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bhutan
40 years
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
37 years
in 2022
Bhutan rank
114th
Papua New Guinea rank
117th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bhutan
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 40 years against 37 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 3 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

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

Bhutan ranks 114th and Papua New Guinea ranks 117th 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.