2013 International Visitors Summary

In 2013, delegations comprised of 1091 international dignitaries representing 118 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA516CAMBODIA2
JAPAN53COSTA RICA2
PAKISTAN31CZECH REPUBLIC2
VIETNAM25DENMARK2
MEXICO20ECUADOR
AFGHANISTAN18ETHIOPIA
RUSSIA18FINLAND2
UNITED KINGDOM16GHANA
AZERBAIJAN14GREECE
INDONESIA14MALAYSIA
BRAZIL13MONGOLIA
IRAQ12MONTENEGRO
ISRAEL12NETHERLANDS
TURKEY12NORWAY
CANADA11PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
GABON11RWANDA
KYRGYSTAN11SINGAPORE2
SOUTH KOREA10SWAZILAND2
GERMANY8TAJIKISTAN2
POLAND8ALBANIA
SPAIN8ANDORRA1
UKRAINE8ANGOLA1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES8ARMENIA
ARGENTINA7BAHRAIN1
FRANCE7BENIN
KAZAKHSTAN7BHUTAN
KENYA7BURKINA FASO
BANGLADESH6BURMA (MYANMAR)
BELARUS6BURUNDI
HAITI6CAMEROON
INDIA6COTE D'IVOIRE
ITALY6DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA6DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA6GUYANA
ALGERIA5KOSOVO
NEPAL5LAOS
SRI LANKA5LEBANON
AUSTRALIA4MACEDONIA
COLOMBIA4MADAGASCAR
EGYPT4MALAWI
GEORGIA4MALI
MOROCCO4MAURITIUS
PANAMA4MOLDOVA
SAUDI ARABIA4NICARAGUA
TUNISIA4PARAGUAY
AUSTRIA3PERU
CHILE3PHILIPPINES
JORDAN3PORTUGAL
NEW ZEALAND3ROMANIA
OMAN3SENEGAL
SERBIA3SCOTLAND
SWITZERLAND3SLOVENIA1
TANZANIA3ST. LUCIA1
VENEZUELA3SUDAN1
YEMEN3SURINAME1
ZIMBABWE3SWEDEN1
BOLIVIA2THAILAND1
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA2TRINIDAD & TOBAGO1
BULGARIA2URUGUAY1

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 
SUBJECT# VISITORSSUBJECT# VISITORS
Legislative Process and Government179International Trade/Economic Development21
International Relations158Transportation18
Social58Gender10
Agriculture52Public Safety8
Budget/Finance47Biotechnology4
Education37Health4
Environment28Natural Resources/Water1
Energy27  
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.