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# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA298JORDAN2
MEXICO49KUWAIT2
JAPAN41LEBANON2
INDIA40LESOTHO2
ANGOLA33MACEDONIA2 
GERMANY27MOLDOVA2 
PAKISTAN24MONGOLIA2
SPAIN22MONTENEGRO2 
UNITED KINGDOM21MOZAMBIQUE2 
KENYA18NETHERLANDS2 
TURKEY18NIGER2 
CANADA17NORWAY2 
PORTUGAL16SENEGAL2 
FRANCE15SLOVENIA2 
IRAN14SOUTH KOREA2 
AUSTRALIA11TUNISIA2 
INDONESIA11ZAMBIA2
KAZAKHSTAN11ZIMBABWE2
BANGLADESH10ARMENIA1
COLOMBIA9AUSTRIA1
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES9BAHAMAS1
AFGHANISTAN8BOLIVIA1
ALGERIA8BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA1 
RUSSIA8BURKINA FASO1
ISRAEL7CAMBODIA1 
SERBIA7CAMEROON1 
VENEZUELA7CYPRUS1 
VIETNAM7CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)1 
NEPAL6DENMARK1 
YEMEN6DJIBOUTI1 
NIGERIA5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1 
SOUTH AFRICA5ECUADOR1 
BRAZIL4ERITREA1 
BULGARIA4GAMBIA1 
CZECH REPUBLIC4GUATEMALA1 
EGYPT4GUINEA BISSAU1 
SRI LANKA5GUYANA1 
AUSTRALIA4HAITI1 
COLOMBIA4HUNGARY1 
EGYPT4LIBERIA1 
ITALY4LITHUANIA1 
KOSOVO4MADAGASCAR1 
POLAND4MALDIVES1 
ARGENTINA4MAURITANIA1 
BURMA (MYANMAR)3MAURITIUS1 
CROATIA3NICARAGUA1 
IRELAND3PANAMA1 
KYRGYSTAN3PARAGUAY1 
SAUDI ARABIA3PERU1 
SRI LANKA3PHILIPPINES1 
TAJIKISTAN3ROMANIA1 
AZERBAIJAN2SLOVAKIA1
BAHRAIN2SOUTH SUDAN1
CHILE2SUDAN1
CONGO2SWEDEN1
COTE D'IVOIRE2SWITZERLAND1
EL SALVADOR2TANZANIA1
ESTONIA2THAILAND1
ETHIOPIA2UGANDA1
FINLAND2UKRAINE1
GEORGIA2UNITED ARAB EMIRATES1
GHANA2UZBEKISTAN1
IRAQ2VANUATU1

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 Government291Environment18
International Relations192Health17
Energy60Transportation10
Education46Social1
Budget/Finance28  
Agriculture24  
Natural Resources/Water23  
International Trade/Economic Development20  
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.