Samoa vs Syria: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Samoa
21 years
in 2022
Syria
24 years
in 2022
Samoa rank
125th
Syria rank
122nd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Samoa
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 24 years against 21 years in Samoa, a difference of 3 years.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.

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

Samoa ranks 125th and Syria ranks 122nd 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.