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Gambia vs Maldives: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Gambia
78 years
in 2022
Maldives
79 years
in 2022
Gambia rank
74th
Maldives rank
72nd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Gambia
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 79 years against 78 years in Gambia, a difference of 1 years.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 74th and Maldives ranks 72nd of 159 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Maldives 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 years 0 years 0 years —
1530s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1540s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1550s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1560s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1570s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1580s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1590s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1600s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1610s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1620s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1630s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1640s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1650s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1660s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1670s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1680s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1690s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1700s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1710s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1720s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1730s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1740s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1750s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1760s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1770s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1780s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1790s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1800s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1810s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1820s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1830s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1840s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1850s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1860s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1870s 0 years 0 years 0 years —
1880s 0.3 years 0.6 years 0.3 years Maldives
1890s 7.5 years 8.5 years 1 years Maldives
1900s 17.5 years 18.5 years 1 years Maldives
1910s 27.5 years 28.5 years 1 years Maldives
1920s 37.5 years 38.5 years 1 years Maldives
1930s 47.5 years 48.5 years 1 years Maldives
1940s 57.5 years 58.5 years 1 years Maldives
1950s 67.5 years 68.5 years 1 years Maldives
1960s 76.5 years 77.5 years 1 years Maldives
1970s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives
1980s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives
1990s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives
2000s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives
2010s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives
2020s 78 years 79 years 1 years Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Gambia or Maldives?
Maldives, at 79 years against 78 years in Gambia as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Gambia and Maldives?
1 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Maldives?
561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Gambia and Maldives rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?
Gambia ranks 74th and Maldives ranks 72nd 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

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.