Cyprus vs Egypt: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Cyprus
47 years
in 2022
Egypt
54 years
in 2022
Cyprus rank
112th
Egypt rank
109th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Cyprus
  • Egypt
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 54 years against 47 years in Cyprus, a difference of 7 years.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.

Across all 109 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Cyprus ranks 112th and Egypt ranks 109th 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.