2014 International Visitors Summary

In 2014, delegations comprised of 945 international dignitaries representing 122 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 298 JORDAN 2
MEXICO 49 KUWAIT 2
JAPAN 41 LEBANON 2
INDIA 40 LESOTHO 2
ANGOLA 33 MACEDONIA
GERMANY 27 MOLDOVA
PAKISTAN 24 MONGOLIA 2
SPAIN 22 MONTENEGRO
UNITED KINGDOM 21 MOZAMBIQUE
KENYA 18 NETHERLANDS
TURKEY 18 NIGER
CANADA 17 NORWAY
PORTUGAL 16 SENEGAL
FRANCE 15 SLOVENIA
IRAN 14 SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA 11 TUNISIA
INDONESIA 11 ZAMBIA 2
KAZAKHSTAN 11 ZIMBABWE 2
BANGLADESH 10 ARMENIA 1
COLOMBIA 9 AUSTRIA 1
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 9 BAHAMAS 1
AFGHANISTAN 8 BOLIVIA 1
ALGERIA 8 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
RUSSIA 8 BURKINA FASO 1
ISRAEL 7 CAMBODIA
SERBIA 7 CAMEROON
VENEZUELA 7 CYPRUS
VIETNAM 7 CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)
NEPAL 6 DENMARK
YEMEN 6 DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA 5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA 5 ECUADOR
BRAZIL 4 ERITREA
BULGARIA 4 GAMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC 4 GUATEMALA
EGYPT 4 GUINEA BISSAU
SRI LANKA 5 GUYANA
AUSTRALIA 4 HAITI
COLOMBIA 4 HUNGARY
EGYPT 4 LIBERIA
ITALY 4 LITHUANIA
KOSOVO 4 MADAGASCAR
POLAND 4 MALDIVES
ARGENTINA 4 MAURITANIA
BURMA (MYANMAR) 3 MAURITIUS
CROATIA 3 NICARAGUA
IRELAND 3 PANAMA
KYRGYSTAN 3 PARAGUAY
SAUDI ARABIA 3 PERU
SRI LANKA 3 PHILIPPINES
TAJIKISTAN 3 ROMANIA
AZERBAIJAN 2 SLOVAKIA 1
BAHRAIN 2 SOUTH SUDAN 1
CHILE 2 SUDAN 1
CONGO 2 SWEDEN 1
COTE D'IVOIRE 2 SWITZERLAND 1
EL SALVADOR 2 TANZANIA 1
ESTONIA 2 THAILAND 1
ETHIOPIA 2 UGANDA 1
FINLAND 2 UKRAINE 1
GEORGIA 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
GHANA 2 UZBEKISTAN 1
IRAQ 2 VANUATU 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 291 Environment 18
International Relations 192 Health 17
Energy 60 Transportation 10
Education 46 Social 1
Budget/Finance 28    
Agriculture 24    
Natural Resources/Water 23    
International Trade/Economic Development 20    
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.

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