Spanish as Official or de facto Language
WorldCulturalCountries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language
EthnologueA world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).
Value | Class | Rank | Millions of U.S. dollars | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | |
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| 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | |||||