2022 International Visitors Summary

In 2022, delegations comprised of 471 international dignitaries representing 91 countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty made official visits to the California State Senate, ranked by number of visitors, they are as follows:

GERMANY83HUNGARY2
IRAQ24KENYA2
FRANCE20LAOS2
SOUTH KOREA19MALAWI2
DENMARK16MALAYSIA2 
INDONESIA16MOLDOVA2 
VIETNAM14PANAMA2
FINLAND13PERU2 
ALBANIA12RUSSIA2 
AUSTRALIA12SENEGAL2
CANADA12SINGAPORE2
JAPAN11SOUTH AFRICA2
KAZAKHSTAN10SRI LANKA2
SPAIN10SUDAN2
UNITED KINGDOM10UGANDA2
NORWAY8UZBEKISTAN2
TUNISIA8ZAMBIA2
ARMENIA7AZERBAIJAN1
INDIA7BELGIUM1
POLAND7BRUNEI1
THAILAND7BURKINA FASO1
CHINA6BURUNDI1
ECUADOR6COLOMBIA1
MEXICO6CUBA1
IRELAND5CYPRUS1
KYRGYZSTAN5DJIBOUTI1 
GHANA4ETHIOPIA1 
ISRAEL4GAMBIA1 
KOSOVO4GUATEMALA1 
NIGERIA4HONDURAS1 
PORTUGAL4ITALY1 
UKRAINE4LEBANON1 
BANGLADESH3MADAGASCAR1 
EGYPT3MAURITANIA1 
LIBERIA3MONGOLIA1 
PHILIPPINES3MOROCCO1 
ARGENTINA3NEPAL1 
BAHRAIN2NEW ZEALAND1 
CAMBODIA2PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES1 
CHILE2RWANDA1 
COSTA RICA2SERBIA1 
COTE D'IVOIRE2SURINAME1 
D.R. OF CONGO2TIMOR LESTE1 
ERITREA2TRINIDAD & TOBAGO1 
GEORGIA2VENEZUELA1 
GREECE2  

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/Government100Employment/Retirement20
International Relations/Protocol60Agriculture19
Judiciary52Social Services19
Health47Public Safety18
Environment39Gender16
Natural Resources/Water35International Trade/Economic Development15
Energy33Budget/Fiscal5
High Tech23  
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.