Guinea-Bissau vs Vanuatu: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Guinea-Bissau
96 years
in 2022
Vanuatu
94 years
in 2022
Guinea-Bissau rank
56th
Vanuatu rank
57th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 96 years against 94 years in Vanuatu, a difference of 2 years.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 56th and Vanuatu ranks 57th 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.