2014 International Visitors Summary

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# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA298JORDAN2
MEXICO49KUWAIT2
JAPAN41LEBANON2
INDIA40LESOTHO2
ANGOLA33MACEDONIA
GERMANY27MOLDOVA
PAKISTAN24MONGOLIA2
SPAIN22MONTENEGRO
UNITED KINGDOM21MOZAMBIQUE
KENYA18NETHERLANDS
TURKEY18NIGER
CANADA17NORWAY
PORTUGAL16SENEGAL
FRANCE15SLOVENIA
IRAN14SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA11TUNISIA
INDONESIA11ZAMBIA2
KAZAKHSTAN11ZIMBABWE2
BANGLADESH10ARMENIA1
COLOMBIA9AUSTRIA1
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES9BAHAMAS1
AFGHANISTAN8BOLIVIA1
ALGERIA8BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
RUSSIA8BURKINA FASO1
ISRAEL7CAMBODIA
SERBIA7CAMEROON
VENEZUELA7CYPRUS
VIETNAM7CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)
NEPAL6DENMARK
YEMEN6DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA5DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA5ECUADOR
BRAZIL4ERITREA
BULGARIA4GAMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC4GUATEMALA
EGYPT4GUINEA BISSAU
SRI LANKA5GUYANA
AUSTRALIA4HAITI
COLOMBIA4HUNGARY
EGYPT4LIBERIA
ITALY4LITHUANIA
KOSOVO4MADAGASCAR
POLAND4MALDIVES
ARGENTINA4MAURITANIA
BURMA (MYANMAR)3MAURITIUS
CROATIA3NICARAGUA
IRELAND3PANAMA
KYRGYSTAN3PARAGUAY
SAUDI ARABIA3PERU
SRI LANKA3PHILIPPINES
TAJIKISTAN3ROMANIA
AZERBAIJAN2SLOVAKIA1
BAHRAIN2SOUTH SUDAN1
CHILE2SUDAN1
CONGO2SWEDEN1
COTE D'IVOIRE2SWITZERLAND1
EL SALVADOR2TANZANIA1
ESTONIA2THAILAND1
ETHIOPIA2UGANDA1
FINLAND2UKRAINE1
GEORGIA2UNITED ARAB EMIRATES1
GHANA2UZBEKISTAN1
IRAQ2VANUATU1

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 Process and Government291Environment18
International Relations192Health17
Energy60Transportation10
Education46Social1
Budget/Finance28  
Agriculture24  
Natural Resources/Water23  
International Trade/Economic Development20  
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.