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

Libya
38 years
in 2022
Zambia
42 years
in 2022
Libya rank
116th
Zambia rank
113th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Libya
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 42 years against 38 years in Libya, a difference of 4 years.

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

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

Libya ranks 116th 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.