N'afọ 1980, Southern Rhodesia, nke ikpeazụ Britain n'Africa ógbè, ghọrọ mba nweere onwe ya nke Zimbabwe. The New Hebrides nwetara nnwere onwe (dị ka Vanuatu) na 1980, na Belize esonụ na-eso na 1981. The ngafe nke British Nationality Act 1981, nke reclassified fọdụrụ okpueze ógbè dị ka "British Dependent Territories" (aha British Overseas Territories na 2002) pụtara na, e wezụga a gbasasịa nke agwaetiti na outposts, usoro nke decolonisation na malitere mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ bụ n'ụzọ dị ukwuu zuru ezu. Na 1982, Britain mkpebi siri ike na-agbachitere ya fọdụrụ esenidụt ókèala e nwalere mgbe Argentina wakporo Falkland Islands, na-eme ihe na a ogologo oge na-ekwu na ụbọchị azụ ka Spanish Alaeze Ukwu.
idebe iwu Canada site na Britain.