Israel vs Namibia: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Israel
26 years
in 2022
Namibia
36 years
in 2022
Israel rank
121st
Namibia rank
118th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Israel
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 36 years against 26 years in Israel, a difference of 10 years.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.4 times Israel's.

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

Israel ranks 121st and Namibia ranks 118th 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.