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

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

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tuvalu
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How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Lesotho ranks 68th and Tuvalu ranks 66th 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.