| Decolonized state | Afghanistan |
| Colonizer | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1919 |
| Event | End of the protected state [75] over Afghanistan with the Anglo-Afghan treaty after the third Anglo-Afghan war. |
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| Decolonized state | Egypt |
| Colonizer | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1922 |
| Event | Egypt is unilaterally granted independence by the United Kingdom. However, four matters (imperial communications, defence, the protection of foreign interests and minorities, as well as Sudan) remain "absolutely reserved to the discretion" of the British government, which greatly restricts the full exercise of Egyptian sovereignty. |
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| Decolonized state | Cape Verde, So Tom and Prncipe |
| Colonizer | Portugal |
| Year | 1975 |
| Event | After the Carnation Revolution, the Western African island groups of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe achieve independence. |
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