Chile vs El Salvador: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Chile
278 years
in 2022
El Salvador
294 years
in 2022
Chile rank
33rd
El Salvador rank
30th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Chile
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 294 years against 278 years in Chile, a difference of 16 years.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 33rd and El Salvador ranks 30th 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.