Ecuador vs Peru: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Ecuador
295 years
in 2022
Peru
292 years
in 2022
Ecuador rank
29th
Peru rank
31st

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Ecuador
  • Peru
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 295 years against 292 years in Peru, a difference of 3 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Peru ahead.

Ecuador ranks 29th and Peru ranks 31st 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
Last refreshed

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.