Haiti vs United States: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Haiti
140 years
in 2022
United States
177 years
in 2022
Haiti rank
50th
United States rank
48th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Haiti
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 177 years against 140 years in Haiti, a difference of 37 years.

That makes United States's figure about 1.3 times Haiti's.

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

Haiti ranks 50th and United States ranks 48th 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.