2011 International Visitors Summary

In 2011, delegations comprised of 1569 international dignitaries representing 132 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 841 ALBANIA 7
JAPAN 71 CZECH REPUBLIC 7
DENMARK 38 NEPAL 7
THAILAND 34 ALGERIA 6
VIETNAM 32 ARMENIA 6
INDONESIA 30 COLOMBIA 6
BRAZIL 28 JORDAN 5
PAKISTAN 25 BURMA 5
SPAIN 18 POLAND 5
HONDURAS 17 AZERBAIJAN 4
TANZANIA 16 COTE D'IVOIRE 4
CHILE 15 ECUADOR 4
EUROPEAN UNION 15 EL SALVADOR 4
INDIA 14 ETHIOPIA 4
SOUTH KOREA 14 IRAQ 4
ISRAEL 13 LATVIA 4
UKRAINE 12  MALAYSIA 4
EGYPT 11  MEXICO 4
RUSSIA 11 MOROCCO 4
BANGLADESH 10 TUNISIA 4
CANADA 10 TURKEY 4
KYRGYSTAN 10 UGANDA 4
MACEDONIA 10 UNITED KINGDOM 4
ARGENTINA 9 BELGIUM 3
SOUTH AFRICA 9 CAMEROON 3
PHILIPPINES 8 ESTONIA 3
UZBEKISTAN 8 GERMANY 3
KAZAKHSTAN 3 AFGHANISTAN 1
MONGOLIA 3 AFRICAN UNION
MOZAMBIQUE 3 AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND 3 AUSTRIA
SENEGAL 3 BELARUS
ANGOLA 2 BELIZE
BAHRAIN 2 BENIN
BOLIVIA 2 BHUTAN
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) 2 BOSNIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 BOTSWANA
FRANCE 2 BRUNEI
GAZA 2 BURUNDI
GHANA 2 CHAD
GUATEMALA 2 CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)
HAITI 2 COSTA RICA
HUNGARY 2 CROATIA
LEBANON 2 CYPRUS
LESOTHO 2 FIJI
NETHERLANDS 2 GABON
NIGERIA 2 GEORGIA
OMAN 2 ITALY
PARAGUAY 2 KENYA
PORTUGAL 2 KIRIBATI
SAUDI ARABIA 2 KUWAIT
SINGAPORE 2 LIBYA 1
SRI LANKA 2 MADAGASCAR 1
SUDAN 2 MALAWI 1
SWITZERLAND 2 MALDIVES 1
TURKMENISTAN 2 MAURITANIA 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 MOLDOVA 1
URUGUAY 2 MONTENEGRO 1
NICARAGUA 1 SIERRA LEONE 1
NIGER 1 SLOVENIA 1
NORWAY 1 SURINAME 1
PALAU 1 SWAZILAND 1
PANAMA 1 TAJIKISTAN 1
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 TIMOR-LESTE 1
PERU 1 TOGO 1
ROMANIA 1 YEMEN 1
RWANDA 1 ZAMBIA 1
SERBIA 1    

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 
SUBJECT # VISITORS SUBJECT # VISITORS
Legislative Process and Government 469 Budget/Finance 48
International Relations 207 Gender 42
Education 116 Social Services 33
Natural Resources/Water 108 Public Safety 31
Agriculture 101 Transportation 31
Environment 86 (Int'l) Trade/Economic Development 19
Energy 79 Health 6
Media Relations 56    

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