2016 International Visitors Summary

In 2016, delegations comprised of 817 international dignitaries representing 125 countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty made official visits to the California State Senate, ranked by number of visitors, they are as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 231 JAMAICA 2
JAPAN 87 KAZAKHSTAN 2
ECUADOR 33 LAOS 2
FRANCE 21 MALI 2
NORWAY 21 MONGOLIA
SOUTH KOREA 17 MYANMAR
MEXICO 16 PARAGUAY 2
TIBET 16 PERU
ARGENTINA 15 PORTUGAL
INDIA 14 SENEGAL
DENMARK 13 SIERRA LEONE
AUSTRALIA 12 SRI LANKA
GHANA 12 SWITZERLAND
UKRAINE 11 TANZANIA
IRAQ 10 THAILAND
RUSSIA 10 TURKEY
SPAIN 10 UNITED KINGDOM 2
CANADA 9 URUGUAY 2
NIGERIA 9 UZBEKISTAN 2
PHILIPPINES 9 ANGOLA 1
KENYA 8 BAHAMAS 1
BELARUS 7 BAHRAIN 1
PAKISTAN 7 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 1
HUNGARY 6 BRAZIL 1
MOROCCO 6 CAPE VERDE
SWEDEN 6 CYPRUS
BANGLADESH 5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
CUBA 5 ERITREA
EGYPT 5 ETHIOPIA
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 5 GEORGIA
SOUTH AFRICA 5 GERMANY
VENEZUELA 5 GUATEMALA
CAMBODIA 4 INDONESIA
CHILE 4 IRELAND
ISRAEL 4 KYRGYSTAN
JORDAN 4 LIBERIA
NEPAL 4 MACAU SAR
RWANDA 4 MACEDONIA
AFGHANISTAN 3 MADAGASCAR
BULGARIA 3 MALAWI
BURKINA FASO 3 MAURITANIA
CROATIA 3 MAURITIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 MOLDOVA
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) 3 MONTENEGRO
EL SALVADOR 3 NICARAGUA
HONDURAS 3 NIGER
LEBANON 3 OMAN
MALAYSIA 3 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MOZAMBIQUE 3 QATAR
POLAND 3 ROMANIA
SLOVAKIA 3 SAUDI ARABIA
TUNISIA 3 SERBIA 1
UGANDA 3 SLOVENIA 1
ZAMBIA 3 SOMALIA 1
ZIMBABWE 3 SOUTH SUDAN 1
BELGIUM 2 SUDAN 1
BOTSWANA 2 TAJIKISTAN 1
CHAD 2 TOGO 1
COTE D'IVOIRE 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
DJIBOUTI 2 VIETNAM 1
GREECE 2    
HAITI 2    
ITALY 2    

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
Government/Legislative Process 298 Natural Resources/Water 27
International Relations 217 Budget & Fiscal Review 22
Energy 69 Health 21
Agriculture 52 Education 20
Gender 44 Transportation 20
Environment 38 Public Safety 15
High Technology 32 Media Relations 7
International Trade/Economic Development 27 Judiciary 6
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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