International Visitors 2000

In 2000, delegations comprised of 688 international dignitaries representing 66 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA126AUSTRALIA2
JAPAN82BANGLADESH2 
MEXICO63CHILE2 
RUSSIA42CROATIA2 
GERMANY40FINLAND2 
NIGERIA38GHANA2 
SOUTH KOREA25GREECE2 
ITALY24NETHERLANDS2 
NORWAY21ROMANIA2 
SPAIN20SWITZERLAND2 
FRANCE15ARGENTINA2 
EGYPT12BELGIUM1 
SOUTH AFRICA12BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA1 
BRAZIL11BOTSWANA1 
PORTUGAL11BULGARIA1 
UZBEKISTAN11CAMBODIA1 
ALBANIA8CANADA1 
MICRONESIA8COLOMBIA1 
UNITED KINGDOM8DENMARK1 
YUGOSLAVIA7 INDIA1 
ARMENIA6 ISRAEL1 
CAPE VERDE6JORDAN1 
EL SALVADOR6KENYA1 
PHILIPPINES6LEBANON1 
NICARAGUA6 MACEDONIA1 
BOLIVIA5MALAYASIA1
GUATEMALA5MALI1
HONDURAS5PERU1
SWEDEN4SINGAPORE1
AUSTRIA3SLOVENIA1
NEW ZEALAND3TURKEY1
POLAND3URUGUAY1
THAILAND3ZIMBABWE1
 

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 

SUBJECT# VISITORSSUBJECT# VISITORS
protocol/international relations362social/health issues53 
government/legislative process187judiciary18 
budget/finance 84 death penalty8 
technology63immigration6
international trade62energy/environment6
education61gender1
agriculture53  

Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.