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

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

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Guinea
  • Maldives
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Maldives ahead.

Guinea ranks 74th and Maldives ranks 72nd 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.