Kuwait vs Zambia: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Kuwait
48 years
in 2022
Zambia
42 years
in 2022
Kuwait rank
111th
Zambia rank
113th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Kuwait
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 48 years against 42 years in Zambia, a difference of 6 years.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

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

Kuwait ranks 111th and Zambia ranks 113th 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.