2019 International Visitors Summary

In 2019, delegations comprised of 634 international dignitaries representing 100 countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty made official visits to the California State Senate, ranked by number of visitors, they are as follows:

JAPAN120CYPRUS2
CHINA81DENMARK2
MEXICO30DOMINICAN REPUBLIC2
INDONESIA28ECUADOR2
BRAZIL19EL SALVADOR2 
SPAIN18MACEDONIA2 
SWEDEN17MARSHALL ISLANDS2
CANADA16PARAGUAY2 
PAKISTAN13PORTUGAL2 
INDIA12QATAR2
NEW ZEALAND12SERBIA2
UKRAINE11SOUTH AFRICA2
AUSTRIA10TUNISIA2
SOUTH KOREA10AZERBAIJAN1
AUSTRALIA9BARBADOS1
IRAQ9BELARUS1
ISRAEL9BOLIVIA1
ITALY9BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA1
MOROCCO9BURKINA FASO1
POLAND9CAMBODIA1
FRANCE8CHILE1
GEORGIA7CROATIA1
KAZAKHSTAN7CUBA1
IRELAND5CZECH REPUBLIC1
PHILIPPINES5FIJI1 
ROMANIA5FINLAND1 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES5FRENCH POLYNESIA1 
UNITED KINGDOM5GERMANY1 
UZBEKISTAN5GHANA1 
ARGENTINA4HONDURAS1 
BANGLADESH4KENYA1 
BELGIUM4KOSOVO1 
COLOMBIA4LATVIA1 
ETHIOPIA4LITHUANIA1 
GREECE4MALAWI1 
HUNGARY4MICRONESIA1 
MONTENEGRO4MONGOLIA1 
NETHERLANDS4MOZAMBIQUE1 
TAJIKISTAN4MYANMAR1 
EGYPT3PAPUA NEW GUINEA1 
ESTONIA3PERU1 
SLOVAKIA3SINGAPORE1 
TURKEY3SLOVENIA1 
TURKMENISTAN3SWITZERLAND1 
UGANDA3THAILAND1 
AFGHANISTAN3TONGA1 
ALBANIA3VENEZUELA1 
ARMENIA3VIETNAM1 
BUGARIA3ZAMBIA1 
COSTA RICA3ZIMBABWE1 

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 
SUBJECT# VISITORSSUBJECT# VISITORS
International Relations/Protocol325Energy19
Legislative/Government159Environment19
Education33Transportation11
High Tech32InternationalTrade/Economic Development8
Agriculture25Emplyment/Retirement6
Budget/Fiscal25Natural Sources/Water1
Judiciary21Housing1
Public Safety21Social Services1
Health20  
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.