What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between El Salvador and Peru?

2 years, with El Salvador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Peru?

561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

El Salvador

294 years

in 2022

Peru

292 years

in 2022

El Salvador rank

30th

Peru rank

31st

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

El Salvador
Peru

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 294 years against 292 years in Peru, a difference of 2 years.

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

El Salvador ranks 30th and Peru ranks 31st of 159 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	El Salvador	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1460s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1470s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1480s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1490s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1500s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1510s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1520s	0.3 years	0 years	0.3 years	El Salvador
1530s	7.5 years	2.8 years	4.7 years	El Salvador
1540s	17.5 years	12.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1550s	27.5 years	22.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1560s	37.5 years	32.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1570s	47.5 years	42.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1580s	57.5 years	52.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1590s	67.5 years	62.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1600s	77.5 years	72.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1610s	87.5 years	82.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1620s	97.5 years	92.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1630s	107.5 years	102.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1640s	117.5 years	112.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1650s	127.5 years	122.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1660s	137.5 years	132.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1670s	147.5 years	142.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1680s	157.5 years	152.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1690s	167.5 years	162.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1700s	177.5 years	172.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1710s	187.5 years	182.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1720s	197.5 years	192.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1730s	207.5 years	202.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1740s	217.5 years	212.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1750s	227.5 years	222.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1760s	237.5 years	232.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1770s	247.5 years	242.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1780s	257.5 years	252.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1790s	267.5 years	262.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1800s	277.5 years	272.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1810s	287.5 years	282.5 years	5 years	El Salvador
1820s	293.9 years	291 years	2.9 years	El Salvador
1830s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1840s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1850s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1860s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1870s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1880s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1890s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1900s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1910s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1920s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1930s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1940s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1950s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1960s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1970s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1980s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
1990s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
2000s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
2010s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador
2020s	294 years	292 years	2 years	El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, El Salvador or Peru?: El Salvador, at 294 years against 292 years in Peru as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between El Salvador and Peru?: 2 years, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Peru?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Peru rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: El Salvador ranks 30th and Peru ranks 31st of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.