Mali vs Rwanda: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Mali
57 years
in 2022
Rwanda
58 years
in 2022
Mali rank
106th
Rwanda rank
103rd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Mali
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 58 years against 57 years in Mali, a difference of 1 years.

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

Mali ranks 106th and Rwanda ranks 103rd 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.