Dominican Republic vs Guyana: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Dominican Republic
371 years
in 2022
Guyana
387 years
in 2022
Dominican Republic rank
9th
Guyana rank
8th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Guyana currently reports 387 years against 371 years in Dominican Republic, a difference of 16 years.

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

Dominican Republic ranks 9th and Guyana ranks 8th 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.