Canada vs Saint Lucia: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Canada
312 years
in 2022
Saint Lucia
330 years
in 2022
Canada rank
19th
Saint Lucia rank
17th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Canada
  • Saint Lucia
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How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 330 years against 312 years in Canada, a difference of 18 years.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Canada ranks 19th and Saint Lucia ranks 17th 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.