Square kilometres/lion on quota and lion hunted, and the percentage of hunting blocks with >0.5 lions on quota and lions hunted.

aExcept Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia where there were missing data on the size of some hunting blocks: in those countries we took the mean area per lion on quota for blocks that we had data for;
bNote that for Mozambique, Namibia and especially Zimbabwe, the area per lion hunted represents an underestimate as data on the sizes of some hunting blocks where lions are hunted were unavailable and thus not included in the analysis;
cIn some Namibian conservancies, lion trophy quotas are only issued every second year. The quota figure may exclude some lions hunted on private lands;
dIn January 2013, a moratorium was imposed on the hunting of lions and leopards in Zambia to provide time to collect information on populations of the species as a basis for establishing quotas;
eIn Mozambique – the quota for state and community areas in 2013 was 42, but we could not access data for game ranches where lions have been hunted in the past. In 2009, for example, the national quota including game ranches was 60. Lack of data on lion hunting on game ranches means that we may have under-estimated the area across which lions are hunted and the area per lion on quota and lion hunted may be over-estimated somewhat as game ranches are typically somewhat smaller than state hunting blocks.