Lebanon vs Palau: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Lebanon
24 years
in 2022
Palau
30 years
in 2022
Lebanon rank
122nd
Palau rank
119th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Lebanon
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 30 years against 24 years in Lebanon, a difference of 6 years.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.2 times Lebanon's.

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

Lebanon ranks 122nd and Palau ranks 119th 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.