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, such as
Buddhist percentage by country
Here is the percentages of Buddhists in some nowaday Central American countries from many different sources:
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Buddhism in Costa Rica — Costa Rica has more Buddhists than the other countries in Central America with almost 100,000 (2.34% of total population), followed closely by Panama with almost 70,000 (2.1% of total population). Buddhism was primarily driven by the presence of… … Wikipedia
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