2017 International Visitors Summary

In 2017, delegations comprised of 781 international dignitaries representing 114 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 193 KYRGYSTAN 2
JAPAN 135 LAOS 2
MEXICO 53 LEBANON 2
NIGERIA 30 LIBYA 2
BELGIUM 15 MALAWI
GHANA 15 MOLDOVA
CANADA 12 MONGOLIA 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 12 NAMIBIA
GERMANY 12 PANAMA
MYANMAR 12 POLAND 2
PAKISTAN 11 ROMANIA 2
UKRAINE 11 SERBIA 2
AUSTRALIA 10 TAJIKISTAN 2
BOLIVIA 10 UZBEKISTAN 2
KENYA 9 VIETNAM 2
DJIBOUTI 8 BANGLADESH 1
EGYPT 8 BELIZE 1
INDIA 7 BELIZE 1
IRAQ 7 BOTSWANA 1
ARGENTINA 6 BRAZIL 1
FRANCE 6 BURKINA FASO 1
TUNISIA 6 BURUNDI 1
UGANDA 6 CAMEROON 1
ALGERIA 5 CAPE VERDE 1
AZERBIJAN 5 CHAD
ISRAEL 5 COMOROS
MOROCCO 5 CROATIA
CAMBODIA 4 CYPRUS
CHILE 4 D.R. CONGO
CUBA 4 DENMARK
ITALY 4 ECUADOR
RUSSIA 4 FINLAND
SOUTH AFRICA 4 GEORGIA
SOUTH KOREA 4 GREECE
SPAIN 4 GRENADA
SRI LANKA 4 GUATEMALA
TANZANIA 4 LESOTHO
AFGHANISTAN 3 MACEDONIA
BAHRAIN 3 MALAYSIA
BULGARIA 3 MALI
EL SALVADOR 3 MONTENEGRO
IRELAND 3 NEW ZEALAND
IVORY COAST 3 NIGER
JORDAN 3 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
LATVIA 3 PORTUGAL
MADAGASCAR 3 RWANDA
NEPAL 3 SENEGAL
NORWAY 3 SEYCHELLES
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 3 SLOVENIA
SAUDI ARABIA 3 SOUTH SUDAN
UNITED KINGDOM 3 SUDAN
ZAMBIA 3 SWITZERLAND 1
ALBANIA 2 TOGO 1
ETHIOPIA 2 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1
HAITI 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
HUNGARY 2 VENEZUELA 1
INDONESIA 2 ZIMBABWE 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
International Relations 333 Health 23
Legislative/Government 249 Natural Resources/Water 15
Energy 90 Gender 4
Environment 69 Education 2
Agriculture 46 High Technology 1
International Trade 44    
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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