Cape Verde vs Jamaica: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Cape Verde
514 years
in 2022
Jamaica
454 years
in 2022
Cape Verde rank
1st
Jamaica rank
3rd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 514 years against 454 years in Jamaica, a difference of 60 years.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 1st 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.