Buddhism in Central America

Buddhism in Central America was primarily driven by the presence of Chinese immigrant workers in most of these countries during the earlier part of the 19th century. Nowadays, it is also driven by the very minor presence of Buddhist missionary groups.

Buddhist percentage by country

Here is the percentages of Buddhists in some nowaday Central American countries from many different sources:

Buddhism by country in the Central America

National flag	Country	Population(2007E)	% of Buddhists	Buddhist total
	Belize	294,385	0.35%	1,030
	Costa Rica	4,133,884	2.34%	96,733
	El Salvador	7,076,598	0.1%	7,076
	Guatemala	12,728,111	0.1%	12,728
	Honduras	7,483,763	0.1%	7,484
	Nicaragua	5,675,356	0.1%	5,675
	Panama	3,242,173	2.1%	68,086
Total		40,634,270	0.489%	198,812