Senegal vs Uruguay: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Senegal
232 years
in 2022
Uruguay
204 years
in 2022
Senegal rank
41st
Uruguay rank
44th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Senegal
  • Uruguay
050100150200250146217422022

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 232 years against 204 years in Uruguay, a difference of 28 years.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

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

Senegal ranks 41st and Uruguay ranks 44th 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.