2018 International Visitors Summary

In 2018, delegations comprised of 838 international dignitaries representing 121 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 187 JORDAN 2
JAPAN 141 LATVIA 2
PORTUGAL 43 MALAWI 2
ARGENTINA 33 MALI 2
GERMANY 29 MOLDOVA
MEXICO 28 MYANMAR
RUSSIA 17 NIGER 2
GHANA 15 NORWAY
CANADA 12 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
INDIA 12 PERU 2
NEPAL 12 PHILIPPINES 2
PAKISTAN 11 SIERRA LEONE 2
INDONESIA 10 THAILAND 2
NEW ZEALAND 10 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2
AZERBAIJAN 9 TUNISIA 2
SPAIN 9 UGANDA 2
UKRAINE 9 UNITED KINGDOM 2
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 8 URUGUAY 2
NIGERIA 8 UZBEKISTAN 2
SOUTH AFRICA 8 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 1
AUSTRALIA 7 BENGLADESH 1
KYRGYZSTAN 7 BELARUS 1
ARMENIA 6 BOLIVIA 1
FRANCE 6 BOTSWANA 1
BRAZIL 5 CAMBODIA
CHILE 5 CAMEROON
COLOMBIA 5 CROATIA
ECUADOR 5 DENMARK
GUATEMALA 5 DOMINICA
ITALY 5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
KOSOVO 5 EGYPT
SOUTH KOREA 5 EL SALVADOR
VIETNAM 5 ESTONIA
COSTA RICA 4 FINLAND
TURKMENISTAN 4 GABON
ALGERIA 3 GREECE
BARBADOS 3 GUINEA
BELIZE 3 HAITI
DJIBOUTI 3 HONDURAS
ETHIOPIA 3 IRAQ
HUNGARY 3 IRELAND
ISRAEL 3 KENYA
IVORY COAST 3 LAOS
LIBYA 3 LIBERIA
MALAYSIA 3 LITHUSNIA
MALTA 3 MACEDONIA
POLAND 3 MADAGASCAR
ROMANIA 3 MONTENEGRO
ST. LUCIA 3 MOZAMBIQUE
TANZANIA 3 NICARAGUA
TURKEY 3 PANAMA
ZAMBIA 3 PARAGUAY 1
ALBANIA 2 SENEGAL 1
AUSTRIA 2 SOUTH SUDAN 1
BAHAMAS 2 SRI LANKA 1
BELGIUM 2 SURINAME 1
BENIN 2 SWAZILAND 1
BURKINA FASO 2 SWITZERLAND 1
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 TOGO 1
GEORGIA 2 ZIMBABWE 1
JAMAICA 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
International Relations/Protocol 291 Natural Resources/Water 16
Legislative/Government 247 Agriculture 15
Energy 35 Environment 14
Transportation 31 Health 13
Judiciary 28 Public Safety 12
High Technology 25 Social 10
Gender 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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