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:
GERMANY | 83 | HUNGARY | 2 |
IRAQ | 24 | KENYA | 2 |
FRANCE | 20 | LAOS | 2 |
SOUTH KOREA | 19 | MALAWI | 2 |
DENMARK | 16 | MALAYSIA | 2 |
INDONESIA | 16 | MOLDOVA | 2 |
VIETNAM | 14 | PANAMA | 2 |
FINLAND | 13 | PERU | 2 |
ALBANIA | 12 | RUSSIA | 2 |
AUSTRALIA | 12 | SENEGAL | 2 |
CANADA | 12 | SINGAPORE | 2 |
JAPAN | 11 | SOUTH AFRICA | 2 |
KAZAKHSTAN | 10 | SRI LANKA | 2 |
SPAIN | 10 | SUDAN | 2 |
UNITED KINGDOM | 10 | UGANDA | 2 |
NORWAY | 8 | UZBEKISTAN | 2 |
TUNISIA | 8 | ZAMBIA | 2 |
ARMENIA | 7 | AZERBAIJAN | 1 |
INDIA | 7 | BELGIUM | 1 |
POLAND | 7 | BRUNEI | 1 |
THAILAND | 7 | BURKINA FASO | 1 |
CHINA | 6 | BURUNDI | 1 |
ECUADOR | 6 | COLOMBIA | 1 |
MEXICO | 6 | CUBA | 1 |
IRELAND | 5 | CYPRUS | 1 |
KYRGYZSTAN | 5 | DJIBOUTI | 1 |
GHANA | 4 | ETHIOPIA | 1 |
ISRAEL | 4 | GAMBIA | 1 |
KOSOVO | 4 | GUATEMALA | 1 |
NIGERIA | 4 | HONDURAS | 1 |
PORTUGAL | 4 | ITALY | 1 |
UKRAINE | 4 | LEBANON | 1 |
BANGLADESH | 3 | MADAGASCAR | 1 |
EGYPT | 3 | MAURITANIA | 1 |
LIBERIA | 3 | MONGOLIA | 1 |
PHILIPPINES | 3 | MOROCCO | 1 |
ARGENTINA | 3 | NEPAL | 1 |
BAHRAIN | 2 | NEW ZEALAND | 1 |
CAMBODIA | 2 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES | 1 |
CHILE | 2 | RWANDA | 1 |
COSTA RICA | 2 | SERBIA | 1 |
COTE D'IVOIRE | 2 | SURINAME | 1 |
D.R. OF CONGO | 2 | TIMOR LESTE | 1 |
ERITREA | 2 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 1 |
GEORGIA | 2 | VENEZUELA | 1 |
GREECE | 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 |
Legislative/Government | 100 | Employment/Retirement | 20 |
International Relations/Protocol | 60 | Agriculture | 19 |
Judiciary | 52 | Social Services | 19 |
Health | 47 | Public Safety | 18 |
Environment | 39 | Gender | 16 |
Natural Resources/Water | 35 | International Trade/Economic Development | 15 |
Energy | 33 | Budget/Fiscal | 5 |
High Tech | 23 | ||
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors. |