Seychelles vs Sri Lanka: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Seychelles
202 years
in 2022
Sri Lanka
189 years
in 2022
Seychelles rank
45th
Sri Lanka rank
47th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Seychelles
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 202 years against 189 years in Sri Lanka, a difference of 13 years.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Seychelles ranks 45th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th 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
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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.