In 2015, delegations comprised of 873 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 | 179 | VENEZUELA | 3 |
JAPAN | 92 | ZAMBIA | 3 |
MEXICO | 37 | BANGLADESH | 2 |
INDIA | 30 | BELGIUM | 2 |
HONDURAS | 22 | BOTSWANA | 2 |
ITALY | 19 | GREECE | 2 |
DENMARK | 18 | KUWAIT | 2 |
INDONESIA | 16 | LAOS | 2 |
CHILE | 15 | LITHUANIA | 2 |
GERMANY | 14 | MACEDONIA | 2 |
PAKISTAN | 14 | MAURITANIA | 2 |
VIETNAM | 14 | MAURITIUS | 2 |
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES | 12 | MONGOLIA | 2 |
ZIMBABWE | 12 | MYANMAR | 2 |
KAZAKHSTAN | 11 | NAMIBIA | 2 |
KENYA | 11 | NETHERLANDS | 2 |
UKRAINE | 11 | NEW ZEALAND | 2 |
ISRAEL | 10 | PARAGUAY | 2 |
RUSSIA | 10 | SENEGAL | 2 |
HAITI | 9 | SERBIA | 2 |
NIGERIA | 9 | SOMALIA | 2 |
EGYPT | 8 | SURINAME | 2 |
SRI LANKA | 8 | TAIWAN | 2 |
TUNISIA | 8 | ALBANIA | 1 |
UNITED KINGDOM | 8 | AUSTRALIA | 1 |
AFGHANISTAN | 7 | AUSTRIA | 1 |
CANADA | 7 | BELARUS | 1 |
GEORGIA | 7 | BHUTAN | 1 |
GHANA | 7 | BURUNDI | 1 |
TURKEY | 7 | CAMBODIA | 1 |
BRAZIL | 6 | CAPE VERDE | 1 |
KYRGYSTAN | 6 | COMOROS | 1 |
PHILIPPINES | 6 | CONGO | 1 |
ALGERIA | 5 | COSTA RICA | 1 |
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) | 5 | CYPRUS | 1 |
MOLDOVA | 5 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1 |
MOROCCO | 5 | EQUITORIAL GIUNES | 1 |
SOUTH AFRICA | 5 | FIJI | 1 |
UGANDA | 5 | FINLAND | 1 |
BOLIVIA | 4 | GAMBIA | 1 |
BULGARIA | 4 | GUINEA | 1 |
BURKINA FASO | 4 | JAMAICA | 1 |
CAMEROON | 4 | KOSOVO | 1 |
COLOMBIA | 4 | LATVIA | 1 |
EL SALVADOR | 4 | LEBANON | 1 |
HUNGARY | 4 | LESOTHO | 1 |
IRAQ | 4 | MACAU | 1 |
LIBERIA | 4 | MADAGASCAR | 1 |
MOZAMBIQUE | 4 | MALAWI | 1 |
SOUTH KOREA | 4 | MALI | 1 |
SPAIN | 4 | MALTA | 1 |
TANZANIA | 4 | NAURU | 1 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 4 | NEPAL | 1 |
ARGENTINA | 3 | PANAMA | 1 |
CROATIA | 3 | PERU | 1 |
ECUADOR | 3 | POLAND | 1 |
ETHIOPIA | 3 | PORTUGAL | 1 |
FRANCE | 3 | ROMANIA | 1 |
GUATEMALA | 3 | RWANDA | 1 |
IVORY COAST | 3 | SINGAPORE | 1 |
JORDAN | 3 | SUDAN | 1 |
MALAYSIA | 3 | SWAZILAND | 1 |
MONTENEGRO | 3 | SWITZERLAND | 1 |
NICARAGUA | 3 | TOGO | 1 |
NORWAY | 3 | ||
SAUDI ARABIA | 3 | ||
SLOVAKIA | 3 | ||
TURKMENISTAN | 3 | ||
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 |
International Relations | 333 | Media Relations | 8 |
Government/Legislative Process | 316 | Agriculture | 7 |
Budget/Finance | 58 | High Technology | 7 |
Energy | 32 | Transportation | 6 |
Education | 21 | Natural Resources/Water | 5 |
Social | 19 | Gender | 4 |
Public Safety | 17 | International Trade/Econimic Development | 4 |
Environment | 14 | Immigration | 3 |
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors. |