How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and South Africa?

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.

Bolivia vs South Africa: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bolivia

267 years

in 2022

South Africa

262 years

in 2022

Bolivia rank

35th

South Africa rank

37th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Bolivia
South Africa

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 267 years against 262 years in South Africa, a difference of 5 years.

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

Bolivia ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 37th of 159 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	South Africa	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	0.1 years	0 years	0.1 years	Bolivia
1560s	6.5 years	0 years	6.5 years	Bolivia
1570s	16.5 years	0 years	16.5 years	Bolivia
1580s	26.5 years	0 years	26.5 years	Bolivia
1590s	36.5 years	0 years	36.5 years	Bolivia
1600s	46.5 years	0 years	46.5 years	Bolivia
1610s	56.5 years	0 years	56.5 years	Bolivia
1620s	66.5 years	0 years	66.5 years	Bolivia
1630s	76.5 years	0 years	76.5 years	Bolivia
1640s	86.5 years	0 years	86.5 years	Bolivia
1650s	96.5 years	3.6 years	92.9 years	Bolivia
1660s	106.5 years	13.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1670s	116.5 years	23.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1680s	126.5 years	33.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1690s	136.5 years	43.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1700s	146.5 years	53.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1710s	156.5 years	63.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1720s	166.5 years	73.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1730s	176.5 years	83.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1740s	186.5 years	93.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1750s	196.5 years	103.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1760s	206.5 years	113.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1770s	216.5 years	123.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1780s	226.5 years	133.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1790s	236.5 years	143.5 years	93 years	Bolivia
1800s	246.5 years	152.9 years	93.6 years	Bolivia
1810s	256.5 years	157.1 years	99.4 years	Bolivia
1820s	265.5 years	166.5 years	99 years	Bolivia
1830s	267 years	176.5 years	90.5 years	Bolivia
1840s	267 years	186.5 years	80.5 years	Bolivia
1850s	267 years	196.5 years	70.5 years	Bolivia
1860s	267 years	206.5 years	60.5 years	Bolivia
1870s	267 years	216.5 years	50.5 years	Bolivia
1880s	267 years	226.5 years	40.5 years	Bolivia
1890s	267 years	236.5 years	30.5 years	Bolivia
1900s	267 years	246.5 years	20.5 years	Bolivia
1910s	267 years	256.5 years	10.5 years	Bolivia
1920s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1930s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1940s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1950s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1960s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1970s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1980s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
1990s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
2000s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
2010s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia
2020s	267 years	262 years	5 years	Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Bolivia or South Africa?: Bolivia, at 267 years against 262 years in South Africa as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Bolivia and South Africa?: 5 years, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and South Africa?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Bolivia and South Africa rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Bolivia ranks 35th and South Africa ranks 37th 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.