In 2014, delegations comprised of 945 international dignitaries representing 122 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows: | |||
COUNTRY | # VISITORS | COUNTRY | # VISITORS |
CHINA | 298 | JORDAN | 2 |
MEXICO | 49 | KUWAIT | 2 |
JAPAN | 41 | LEBANON | 2 |
INDIA | 40 | LESOTHO | 2 |
ANGOLA | 33 | MACEDONIA | 2 |
GERMANY | 27 | MOLDOVA | 2 |
PAKISTAN | 24 | MONGOLIA | 2 |
SPAIN | 22 | MONTENEGRO | 2 |
UNITED KINGDOM | 21 | MOZAMBIQUE | 2 |
KENYA | 18 | NETHERLANDS | 2 |
TURKEY | 18 | NIGER | 2 |
CANADA | 17 | NORWAY | 2 |
PORTUGAL | 16 | SENEGAL | 2 |
FRANCE | 15 | SLOVENIA | 2 |
IRAN | 14 | SOUTH KOREA | 2 |
AUSTRALIA | 11 | TUNISIA | 2 |
INDONESIA | 11 | ZAMBIA | 2 |
KAZAKHSTAN | 11 | ZIMBABWE | 2 |
BANGLADESH | 10 | ARMENIA | 1 |
COLOMBIA | 9 | AUSTRIA | 1 |
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES | 9 | BAHAMAS | 1 |
AFGHANISTAN | 8 | BOLIVIA | 1 |
ALGERIA | 8 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | 1 |
RUSSIA | 8 | BURKINA FASO | 1 |
ISRAEL | 7 | CAMBODIA | 1 |
SERBIA | 7 | CAMEROON | 1 |
VENEZUELA | 7 | CYPRUS | 1 |
VIETNAM | 7 | CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) | 1 |
NEPAL | 6 | DENMARK | 1 |
YEMEN | 6 | DJIBOUTI | 1 |
NIGERIA | 5 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1 |
SOUTH AFRICA | 5 | ECUADOR | 1 |
BRAZIL | 4 | ERITREA | 1 |
BULGARIA | 4 | GAMBIA | 1 |
CZECH REPUBLIC | 4 | GUATEMALA | 1 |
EGYPT | 4 | GUINEA BISSAU | 1 |
SRI LANKA | 5 | GUYANA | 1 |
AUSTRALIA | 4 | HAITI | 1 |
COLOMBIA | 4 | HUNGARY | 1 |
EGYPT | 4 | LIBERIA | 1 |
ITALY | 4 | LITHUANIA | 1 |
KOSOVO | 4 | MADAGASCAR | 1 |
POLAND | 4 | MALDIVES | 1 |
ARGENTINA | 4 | MAURITANIA | 1 |
BURMA (MYANMAR) | 3 | MAURITIUS | 1 |
CROATIA | 3 | NICARAGUA | 1 |
IRELAND | 3 | PANAMA | 1 |
KYRGYSTAN | 3 | PARAGUAY | 1 |
SAUDI ARABIA | 3 | PERU | 1 |
SRI LANKA | 3 | PHILIPPINES | 1 |
TAJIKISTAN | 3 | ROMANIA | 1 |
AZERBAIJAN | 2 | SLOVAKIA | 1 |
BAHRAIN | 2 | SOUTH SUDAN | 1 |
CHILE | 2 | SUDAN | 1 |
CONGO | 2 | SWEDEN | 1 |
COTE D'IVOIRE | 2 | SWITZERLAND | 1 |
EL SALVADOR | 2 | TANZANIA | 1 |
ESTONIA | 2 | THAILAND | 1 |
ETHIOPIA | 2 | UGANDA | 1 |
FINLAND | 2 | UKRAINE | 1 |
GEORGIA | 2 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 |
GHANA | 2 | UZBEKISTAN | 1 |
IRAQ | 2 | VANUATU | 1 |
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 Process and Government | 291 | Environment | 18 |
International Relations | 192 | Health | 17 |
Energy | 60 | Transportation | 10 |
Education | 46 | Social | 1 |
Budget/Finance | 28 | ||
Agriculture | 24 | ||
Natural Resources/Water | 23 | ||
International Trade/Economic Development | 20 | ||
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors. |