Equatorial Guinea vs Singapore: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Equatorial Guinea
143 years
in 2022
Singapore
138 years
in 2022
Equatorial Guinea rank
49th
Singapore rank
51st

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Singapore
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 143 years against 138 years in Singapore, a difference of 5 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Singapore ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 49th and Singapore ranks 51st 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.