Kiribati vs Lesotho: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Kiribati
88 years
in 2022
Lesotho
83 years
in 2022
Kiribati rank
66th
Lesotho rank
68th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 88 years against 83 years in Lesotho, a difference of 5 years.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

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

Kiribati ranks 66th and Lesotho ranks 68th 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.