Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Lesotho

83 years

in 2022

United Arab Emirates

80 years

in 2022

Lesotho rank

68th

United Arab Emirates rank

71st

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Lesotho
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 83 years against 80 years in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 3 years.

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

Lesotho ranks 68th and United Arab Emirates ranks 71st of 159 countries.

Individual pages

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: 07 August 2026

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.