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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Barbados | 3 | 1 | 29 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Colombia | 75 | 99 | 133 | 183 | 213 | 251 | 260 | 321 | 545 | 595 | 415 | 422 | 369 | 432 | |
| Costa Rica | 15 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 15 |
| Cuba | 105 | 62 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 21 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 7 | |
| El Salvador | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Guatemala | 27 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Haiti | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Honduras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
| Mexico | 661 | 431 | 584 | 951 | 1,065 | 1,294 | 1,210 | 1,246 | 1,364 | 1,310 | 1,334 | 1,555 | 1,305 | 1,132 | 1,117 |
| Nicaragua | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 15 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 33 | 135 | 34 | 22 | 35 | |||
| St. Lucia | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bahamas, The | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Venezuela, RB | 262 | 56 | 121 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 74 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 96 |