List of international trips made by presidents of the United States

International trips made by presidents of the United States have become a valuable part of the United States' interactions with foreign nations since such trips were first made in the early 20th century. Traveling abroad is one of the many duties of the president of the United States, leading the nation's diplomatic efforts through state visits, private meetings with foreign leaders or attending international summits. These are complicated undertakings that require months of planning along with a great deal of coordination and communication.

Map of countries by the number of visits made by a president of the United States, as of February 08, 2023.

•   United States
•   40+ visits
•   30-39 visits
•   20-29 visits
•   15-19 visits
•   10-14 visits
•   5-9 visits
•   1-4 visits
•   No known visits

In the 19th century, American social convention made international travel by the incumbent president taboo, though foreign travel by former presidents was acceptable. The most widely publicized trip of this nature was the 1877–79 world tour of Ulysses S. Grant. Domestic travel was regarded as a welcome opportunity for presidents to talk with the people who had elected them, but foreign travel was seen in an altogether different light. The general public did not want their president mingling with royalty, visiting grand palaces, or exchanging bows with kings and queens.^[1] This taboo was broken in the early 20th century, as policy makers at the federal level began to reevaluate the nation's role in international affairs.

The first international presidential trip, Theodore Roosevelt's 1906 visit to Panama, signaled a new era in how presidents conducted diplomatic relations with other countries.^[2] Roosevelt's four immediate successors made at least one international trip while in office, cementing the acceptability of presidential global travel.

New transportation technologies also played a role in the changing patterns of presidential travel as well. Early in the 20th century, trips were made by steamship. When Woodrow Wilson traveled to Europe aboard the George Washington in 1918–19, the voyage took nine days. Forty years later, Dwight Eisenhower made the same trip by jet in nine hours. Jet aircraft enabled American presidents to travel the globe in ways that would have been impractical if not inconceivable before.^[1] While Eisenhower was the first president to travel by jet (and the first to travel via helicopter as well), the first airplane trips by a sitting president were those of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He made multiple long-distance trips abroad by plane, each one an offshoot of Allied diplomatic interactions during World War II. Lyndon B. Johnson, who flew 523,000 miles aboard Air Force One while in office, made the first round-the-world presidential trip in December 1967.

The frequency and travel distance of presidential international travel has increased dramatically since George H. W. Bush became president in 1989. In 1990 the military version of the Boeing 747, the VC-25, was introduced for the use of the president. The planes have over 4,000 square feet (372 m²) of floor space, a bedroom and a shower, and enough secure communications to allow the plane to be a reasonable place to run the country. The plane is accompanied by a heavy lift aircraft that carries the helicopters and the limousines. Presidents Bill Clinton (1993–2001) and George W. Bush (2001–2009) visited 72 and 73 countries respectively during their terms of office. All totaled, they went to 91 countries with a combined population of 85% of the world total. President Barack Obama (2009–2017) visited 58 countries. Presidential visits of over 10,000 miles (16,093 km) are common. A round the world trip was first done by Johnson and subsequently has been done by presidents Nixon and Bush. Trips to Europe and Asia are becoming almost routine in the 21st century.

Early 20th century trips

With the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, the American Panama Canal Zone became a major staging area for the U.S. military and the U.S. became the dominant military power in Central America.^[3] When Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Panama in November 1906 to inspect progress on the canal, he became the first U.S. president to leave the country while in office.^[4] Subsequently, both William Howard Taft (in 1909)^[5] and Warren G. Harding (in 1920)^[6] visited Panama while each was the president-elect.

Taft and Harding each made one international trip while president. Taft and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz exchanged visits across the Mexico–United States border, at El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, in October 1909. While filled with much symbolism, the meetings did pave the way for the start of construction on the Elephant Butte Dam project in 1911, even as Mexico fell into revolution.^[7] Harding made an official visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 27, 1923 (six days prior to his death). Greeted dock-side by the premier of British Columbia and the mayor of Vancouver, he was given a parade through the city to Stanley Park, where he spoke to an audience estimated at over 40,000.^[8]

Woodrow Wilson made two international trips while in office. When he sailed for France in December 1918 for the Paris Peace Conference, he became the first sitting president to travel to Europe.^[9] He spent nearly seven months in Europe, interrupted by a brief nine-day return to the U.S. in late February 1919.^[10] Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts.^[11] While in Rome, he met with Pope Benedict XV; this was the first meeting between an incumbent American president and a reigning pope.^[12]

Calvin Coolidge traveled to Havana, Cuba, in January 1928, where he addressed the Sixth International Conference of American States. There, he extended an olive branch to Latin American leaders embittered over America's interventionist policies in Central America and the Caribbean. It was the only time in his life that he traveled outside the contiguous United States.^[13][14]

The most recent president not to make any international trips during his time in office was Herbert Hoover (1929–33). He did, however, undertake an extensive ten-week tour of Latin America during the time he was president-elect.^[15] He delivered 25 speeches in 10 countries, almost all of which stressed his plans to reduce American political and military interference in Latin American affairs. In sum, he pledged that the United States would act as a "good neighbor."^[16][17]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

Countries visited by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency, 1933–45

Franklin D. Roosevelt made 20 international trips during his presidency.^[18] His early travels were by ship, frequently for fishing vacations to the Bahama Banks, Canadian Maritimes or Newfoundland Island. In 1943 he became the first incumbent president to fly by airplane across the Atlantic Ocean during his secret mission to Casablanca. As a result of this trip, he also became the first president to visit North Africa while in office.

Harry S. Truman

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Harry S. Truman

 

Countries visited by Harry S. Truman during his presidency, 1945–53

Harry S. Truman made five international trips during his presidency.^[19] Three months after ascending to the presidency, Truman made his only trans-Atlantic trip as president to participate in talks concerning how to administer the defeated Nazi Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier (V-E Day). He also visited neighboring Bermuda, Canada and Mexico, plus Brazil in South America. Truman only left the continental United States on two other occasions (to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, February 20-March 5, 1948; and to Wake Island, October 11–18, 1950) during his nearly eight years in office.^[20]

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Countries visited by Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency, 1953–61

Dwight D. Eisenhower made 16 international trips during his presidency.^[21] He also traveled abroad once while president-elect, visiting South Korea in December 1952, fulfilling a campaign pledge to investigate what might get stalled Korean War peace talks moving forward.^[22] By the time he left office in January 1961, Eisenhower had visited 26 countries.

Columbine II, one of four propeller-driven aircraft introduced to presidential service during Eisenhower's first term in office, was the first plane to bear the call sign Air Force One. This designation for the U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the incumbent president was established after an incident in 1953, when Eastern Air Lines 8610, a commercial flight, crossed paths with Air Force 8610, which was carrying President Eisenhower. Initially used informally, the designation became official in 1962.^[23][24]

In 1959, the Air Force added the first of three specially built Boeing 707-120 jet aircraft—VC-137s, designated SAM (Special Air Missions) 970, 971 and 972—into the fleet.^[25] The high-speed jet technology built into these aircraft enabled presidents from Eisenhower through Nixon to travel long distances more quickly for face-to-face meetings with world leaders.^[26] That year he journeyed to Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, Middle East, and Southern Asia. On his "Flight to Peace" goodwill tour in December 1959, the president visited 11 nations, flying 22,000 miles (35,000 km) in 19 days aboard the VC-137 SAM970.

John F. Kennedy

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by John F. Kennedy

 

Countries visited by John F. Kennedy during his presidency, 1961–63

John F. Kennedy made eight international trips during his presidency.^[27] Two of these were to Europe, and the other six were to various nations in the Western Hemisphere. His second trip to Europe included the famous speech Ich bin ein Berliner at the Berlin Wall, the visit of the first Catholic president to Vatican City, plus the visit to Kennedy's ancestral home in Ireland. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy traveled with him on his 1961 visit to France and received such a popular reaction there that the president quipped "I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris – and I have enjoyed it!"^[28][29]

Lyndon B. Johnson

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Lyndon B. Johnson

 

Countries visited by Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency, 1963–69

Lyndon B. Johnson made 11 international trips during his presidency.^[30] He flew 523,000 miles aboard Air Force One while in office. Eschewing Europe in favor of Southeast Asia and Latin America. One of the most unusual international trips in presidential history occurred before Christmas in 1967. The president began the trip by going to the memorial service for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, who had disappeared in a swimming accident and was presumed drowned. The White House did not reveal in advance to the press that the president would make the first round-the-world presidential trip. The trip was 26,959 miles completed in 112.5 hours (4.7 days). The trip crossed the equator twice, stopped in Travis Air Force Base, California, then Honolulu, Pago Pago, Canberra, Melbourne, Vietnam, Karachi and Rome.

Richard Nixon

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Richard Nixon

 

Countries visited by Richard Nixon during his presidency, 1969–74

Richard M. Nixon made 15 international trips during his presidency.^[31] He made the unusual move of going on a week-long trip to Europe only five weeks after his inauguration. Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of cordial relations between the U.S. and China. He also made groundbreaking trips to various Communist-ruled nations as well, including: Romania (1969), Yugoslavia (1970), Poland (1972), and the Soviet Union (1972 and 1974). In 1972 Nixon received delivery of the second custom outfitted jet to be used as Air Force One, VC-137C SAM 27000.

Gerald Ford

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Gerald Ford

 

Countries visited by Gerald Ford during his presidency, 1974–77

Gerald Ford made seven international trips during his presidency.^[32] Ford made the first visit of a sitting president to Japan, and followed it with a trip to the Republic of Korea and the Soviet Union (to attend the Vladivostok Summit).

Jimmy Carter

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Jimmy Carter

 

Countries visited by Jimmy Carter during his presidency, 1977–81

Jimmy Carter made 12 international trips to 25 countries during his presidency.^[33] Carter was the first president to make a state visit to Sub-Saharan Africa when he went to Nigeria in 1978. His travel included five trips to Europe and three trips to Asia. He also made several trips to the Middle East to broker peace negotiations. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts.^[34] In 1978, he travelled to Panama City to sign a protocol confirming exchange of documents ratifying the Panama Canal treaties.

Ronald Reagan

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Ronald Reagan

 

Countries visited by Ronald Reagan during his presidency, 1981–89

Ronald Reagan made 25 international trips to 26 countries during his presidency.^[35] He made seven trips to continental Europe, three to Asia and one to South America. He is perhaps best remembered for his speeches at the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, for his impassioned speech at the Berlin Wall, his summit meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev, and riding horses with the Queen at Windsor Park.

Reagan's presidency would be transitional in international travel. During his term in office, he ordered the two special mission Boeing VC-25 that would become the new presidential transport to replace the aging Boeing 707s. Heavy lift aircraft could bring security, limousines, and helicopters. After that time, the president had access to inflight bedrooms and showers, boardrooms, and communication equipment and with refueling virtually unlimited range. Summit meetings would proliferate, and international travel would become more of a constant expectation of the presidency.

George H. W. Bush

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by George H. W. Bush

 

Countries visited by George H. W. Bush during his presidency, 1989–93

George H. W. Bush made 26 international trips to 58 countries during his presidency.^[36] He initiated the frequent international travel pace that is the hallmark of the post–Cold War presidency. He went to Europe eleven times, Asia twice, and South America once, along with a number of shorter trips during his four years in office.

Bill Clinton

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Bill Clinton

 

Countries visited by Bill Clinton during his presidency, 1993–2001

Bill Clinton made 54 trips to 72 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank and Gaza) during his presidency.^[37] He made 24 trips to continental Europe, seventeen to Asia, two to Africa and to Australia. His others were to nations in the Americas. He took an active role in the Balkans, where he worked to promote peace and stability in and around the former Yugoslavia, and in the Middle East peace process, where he worked to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as with the governments of neighboring nations.

George W. Bush

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush

 

Countries visited by George W. Bush during his presidency, 2001–2009

George W. Bush made 49 trips to 73 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency.^[38] During the course of his first year in office alone, he took seven trips to seventeen countries. He visited six continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. On one of his two trips to Sub-Saharan Africa, he visited three of the poorest countries in the world at the time: Liberia, Rwanda, and Benin. He also made a secret trip to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day 2003 to dine with the troops. His father had made a similar visit to the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990. On November 15–20, 2006, Bush made the third round the world presidential flight (after Johnson and Nixon) when he went to Russia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Barack Obama

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama

 

Countries visited by Barack Obama during his presidency, 2009–2017

Barack Obama made 52 trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency. He set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad. Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 37 days. The one geopolitical region that he never visited was Central Asia; this region has never been visited by a sitting U.S. president.^[39]

In December 2010, he made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, where he visited with U.S. troops. The surprise trip came as the U.S. and NATO withdraw most of their forces from that country ahead of a year-end deadline. In November 2012 he visited Myanmar, where he bolstered the reforms undertaken by that nation's military-backed government.^[40] In March 2016, he made a historic trip to Cuba to underscore the thaw in Cuba–United States relations following a 54-year rift.

Donald Trump

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump

 

Countries visited by Donald Trump during his presidency, 2017–2021

Donald Trump made 19 international trips to 24 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency. His 2018 Singapore Summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was the first-ever meeting between an incumbent U.S. president and a leader of North Korea. One year later, in June 2019, Trump also became the first U.S. president to cross over the Korean Demilitarized Zone and enter North Korea while in office. In December 2018, he made an unannounced Christmas trip to Iraq, where he visited with U.S. troops. Nearly a year later, in November 2019, he made an unannounced Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan, where he visited with U.S. troops.

Joe Biden

Further information: List of international presidential trips made by Joe Biden

 

Countries visited by Joe Biden during his presidency

Joe Biden has made 16 international trips to 23 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) since his presidency began on January 20, 2021. He made six trips abroad in 2022, including a September visit to the United Kingdom for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. On February 20, 2023, he made an unannounced trip to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[41]

Table of destinations

Altogether, 20 U.S. presidents have traveled to at least one foreign country or dependent territory while in office.

Region	Country or territory	NV	President and year of visit (Note: column sorts by year of first visit, not by president's name.)
East Africa	Ethiopia	1	2015Barack Obama 2015
	Kenya	1	2015Barack Obama 2015
	Rwanda	2	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2008
	Somalia	1	1993George H. W. Bush 1993
	Tanzania	3	2000Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2008 • Barack Obama 2013
	Uganda	2	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2003
North Africa	Egypt	17	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 (2), 1945 • Richard Nixon 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1978, 1979 (2) • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1996, 2000 (2) • George W. Bush 2003, 2008 (2) • Barack Obama 2009 • Joe Biden 2022
	French Algeria ^[Note 1]	2	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943, 1945
	Morocco ^[Note 2]	3	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • Bill Clinton 1999
	Tunisia ^[Note 3]	3	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 (2) • Dwight Eisenhower 1959
Southern Africa	Botswana	2	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2003
	South Africa	4	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2003 • Barack Obama 2013 (2)
West Africa	Benin	1	2008George W. Bush 2008
	French West Africa ^[Note 4]	1	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943
	Gambia ^[Note 5]	2	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 (2)
	Ghana	3	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2008 • Barack Obama 2009
	Liberia	3	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • George W. Bush 2008
	Nigeria	3	1978Jimmy Carter 1978 • Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2003
	Senegal	4	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2003 • Barack Obama 2013 (2)
Middle America	The Bahamas ^[Note 6]	5	1934Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940 • John F. Kennedy 1962
	Barbados	2	1982Ronald Reagan 1982 • Bill Clinton 1997
	British Leeward Islands ^[Note 7]	1	1940Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940
	Costa Rica	6	1963John F. Kennedy 1963 • Lyndon Johnson 1968 • Ronald Reagan 1982 • George H. W. Bush 1989 • Bill Clinton 1997 • Barack Obama 2013
	Cuba	2	1928Calvin Coolidge 1928 • Barack Obama 2016
	El Salvador	4	1968Lyndon Johnson 1968 • Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2002 • Barack Obama 2011
	Grenada	1	1986Ronald Reagan 1986
	Guadeloupe	1	1979Jimmy Carter 1979
	Guatemala	3	1968Lyndon Johnson 1968 • Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2007
	Haiti	2	1934Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934 • Bill Clinton 1995
	Honduras	3	1968Lyndon Johnson 1968 • Ronald Reagan 1982 • Bill Clinton 1999
	Jamaica ^[Note 8]	3	1940Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 • Ronald Reagan 1982 • Barack Obama 2015
	Martinique	3	1940Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940 • Gerald Ford 1974 • George H. W. Bush 1991
	Mexico	34	1909William Howard Taft 1909 • Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 • Harry Truman 1947 • Dwight Eisenhower 1953, 1959, 1960 • John F. Kennedy 1962 • Lyndon Johnson 1966 (2), 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969, 1970 • Gerald Ford 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1979 • Ronald Reagan 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1997, 1999 • George W. Bush 2001, 2002 (2), 2004, 2006, 2007 • Barack Obama 2009 (2), 2012, 2013, 2014 • Joe Biden 2023
	Nicaragua	2	1968Lyndon Johnson 1968 • Bill Clinton 1999
	Panama	10	1906Theodore Roosevelt 1906 • Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940 • Dwight Eisenhower 1956 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • George H. W. Bush 1992 • George W. Bush 2005 • Barack Obama 2015
	Saint Lucia ^[Note 9]	1	1940Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940
	Saint MartinSaint Martin	1	1989George H. W. Bush 1989
	Trinidad and Tobago ^[Note 10]	5	1936Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 (2), 1943 (2) • Barack Obama 2009
Northern America	Bermuda	6	1946Harry Truman 1946 • Dwight Eisenhower 1953, 1957 • John F. Kennedy 1961 • Richard Nixon 1971 • George H. W. Bush 1990
	Canada	41	1923Warren Harding 1923 • Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933, 1936 (2), 1938, 1939 (2), 1943, 1944 • Harry Truman 1947 • Dwight Eisenhower 1953, 1958, 1959 • John F. Kennedy 1961 • Lyndon Johnson 1964, 1966, 1967 • Richard Nixon 1972 • Ronald Reagan 1981 (2), 1985, 1987, 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1990, 1991 (2) • Bill Clinton 1993, 1995 (2), 1997, 1999 • George W. Bush 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 • Barack Obama 2009, 2010, 2016 • Donald Trump 2018 • Joe Biden 2023
	NewfoundlandNewfoundland ^[Note 11]	2	1939Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939, 1940
South America	Argentina	7	1936Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 • Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1997 • George W. Bush 2005 • Barack Obama 2016 • Donald Trump 2018
	Brazil	13	1936Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936, 1943 (2) • Harry Truman 1947 • Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • Ronald Reagan 1982 • George H. W. Bush 1990, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1997 • George W. Bush 2005, 2007 • Barack Obama 2011
	Chile	5	1960Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2004 • Barack Obama 2011
	Colombia	8	1934Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934 • John F. Kennedy 1961 • Ronald Reagan 1982 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2004, 2007 • Barack Obama 2012
	Peru	3	2002George W. Bush 2002, 2008 • Barack Obama 2016
	Suriname ^[Note 12]	1	1967Lyndon Johnson 1967
	Uruguay	5	1936Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 • Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • Lyndon Johnson 1967 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • George W. Bush 2007
	Venezuela	4	1961John F. Kennedy 1961 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1997
East Asia	China	13	1972Richard Nixon 1972 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Ronald Reagan 1984 • George H. W. Bush 1989 • Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2014, 2016 • Donald Trump 2017
	Japan	25	1975Gerald Ford 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1979, 1980 • Ronald Reagan 1983, 1986 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 (2) • George W. Bush 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016 • Donald Trump 2017, 2019 (2) • Joe Biden 2022, 2023
	Mongolia	1	2005George W. Bush 2005
	North Korea	1	2019Donald Trump 2019
	South Korea	20	1960Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • Lyndon Johnson 1966 • Gerald Ford 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1979 • Ronald Reagan 1983 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1993, 1996, 1998 • George W. Bush 2002, 2005, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 • Donald Trump 2017, 2019 • Joe Biden 2022
	Taiwan	1	1960Dwight Eisenhower 1960
South Asia	Afghanistan	8	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • George W. Bush 2006, 2008 • Barack Obama 2010 (2), 2012, 2014 • Donald Trump 2019
	Bangladesh	1	2000Bill Clinton 2000
	India	9	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • Richard Nixon 1969 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2006 • Barack Obama 2010, 2015 • Donald Trump 2020  • Joe Biden 2023
	Pakistan	5	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • Lyndon Johnson 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969 • Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2006
Southeast Asia	Brunei	1	2000Bill Clinton 2000
	Cambodia	2	2012Barack Obama 2012 • Joe Biden 2022
	Indonesia	9	1969Richard Nixon 1969 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Ronald Reagan 1986 • Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2003, 2006 • Barack Obama 2010, 2011 • Joe Biden 2022
	Laos	1	2016Barack Obama 2016
	Malaysia	3	1966Lyndon Johnson 1966 • Barack Obama 2014, 2015
	Myanmar	2	2012Barack Obama 2012, 2014
	Philippines	10	1960Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • Lyndon Johnson 1966 • Richard Nixon 1969 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1996 • George W. Bush 2003 • Barack Obama 2014, 2015 • Donald Trump 2017
	Singapore	5	1992George H. W. Bush 1992 • George W. Bush 2003, 2006 • Barack Obama 2009 • Donald Trump 2018
	South Vietnam ^[Note 13]	3	1966Lyndon Johnson 1966, 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969
	Thailand	7	1966Lyndon Johnson 1966, 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969 • Bill Clinton 1996 • George W. Bush 2003, 2008 • Barack Obama 2012
	Vietnam	6	2000Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2006 • Barack Obama 2016 • Donald Trump 2017, 2019 • Joe Biden 2023
Western Asia	Bahrain	1	2008George W. Bush 2008
	Georgia	1	2005George W. Bush 2005
	Iran	4	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • Richard Nixon 1972 • Jimmy Carter 1978
	Iraq	6	2003George W. Bush 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009 • Donald Trump 2018
	Israel	13	1974Richard Nixon 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1979 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 • George W. Bush 2008 (2) • Barack Obama 2013, 2016 • Donald Trump 2017  • Joe Biden 2022, 2023
	Jordan	6	1974Richard Nixon 1974 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1999 • George W. Bush 2003, 2006 • Barack Obama 2013
	Kuwait	2	1994Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2008
	Oman	1	2000Bill Clinton 2000
	Palestinian Authority	5	1998Bill Clinton 1998 • George W. Bush 2008 • Barack Obama 2013 • Donald Trump 2017  • Joe Biden 2022
	Qatar	1	2003George W. Bush 2003
	Saudi Arabia	13	1974Richard Nixon 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • George H. W. Bush 1990, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2008 (2) • Barack Obama 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 • Donald Trump 2017  • Joe Biden 2022
	Syria	2	1974Richard Nixon 1974 • Bill Clinton 1994
	Turkey	6	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • George H. W. Bush 1991 • Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2004 • Barack Obama 2009, 2015
	United Arab Emirates	1	2008George W. Bush 2008
Eastern Europe & Northern Asia	Belarus ^[Note 14]	1	1994Bill Clinton 1994
	Bulgaria	2	1999Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2007
	Czech Republic	5	1994Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2002, 2007 • Barack Obama 2009, 2010
	Czechoslovakia ^[Note 15]	1	1990George H. W. Bush 1990
	Hungary	4	1989George H. W. Bush 1989 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1996 • George W. Bush 2006
	Poland	16	1972Richard Nixon 1972 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1977 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1997 • George W. Bush 2001, 2003, 2007 • Barack Obama 2011, 2014, 2016 • Donald Trump 2017 • Joe Biden 2022, 2023
	Romania	5	1969Richard Nixon 1969 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Bill Clinton 1997 • George W. Bush 2002, 2008
	Russia ^[Note 14]	15	1993George H. W. Bush 1993 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 • George W. Bush 2002 (2), 2003, 2005, 2006 (2), 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2013
	Slovakia	1	2005George W. Bush 2005
	Soviet Union ^[Note 16]	6	1945Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945 • Richard Nixon 1972, 1974 • Gerald Ford 1974 • Ronald Reagan 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1991
	Ukraine ^[Note 14]	5	1994Bill Clinton 1994, 1995, 2000 • George W. Bush 2008 • Joe Biden 2023
Northern Europe	Denmark	4	1997Bill Clinton 1997 • George W. Bush 2005 • Barack Obama 2009 (2)
	Estonia	2	2006George W. Bush 2006 • Barack Obama 2014
	Finland	7	1975Gerald Ford 1975 • Ronald Reagan 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1990, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1997 • Donald Trump 2018 • Joe Biden 2023
	Iceland	2	1973Richard Nixon 1973 • Ronald Reagan 1986
	Latvia	3	1994Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2005, 2006
	Lithuania	2	2002George W. Bush 2002 • Joe Biden 2023
	Norway	2	1999Bill Clinton 1999 • Barack Obama 2009
	Sweden	2	2001George W. Bush 2001 • Barack Obama 2013
Southern Europe	Albania	1	2007George W. Bush 2007
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1996Bill Clinton 1996, 1997, 1999
	Croatia	2	1996Bill Clinton 1996 • George W. Bush 2008
	Greece	4	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • George H. W. Bush 1991 • Bill Clinton 1999 • Barack Obama 2016
	Italy	32	1919Woodrow Wilson 1919 • Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • John F. Kennedy 1963 • Lyndon Johnson 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969, 1970 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1980 • Ronald Reagan 1982, 1987 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1991 • Bill Clinton 1994 (2), 1996, 1997, 1999 (3), 2000 • George W. Bush 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2014 • Donald Trump 2017 (2) • Joe Biden 2021
	Kosovo	2	1999Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2001
	Macedonia ^[Note 17]	1	1999Bill Clinton 1999
	Malta ^[Note 18]	3	1943Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943, 1945 • George H. W. Bush 1989
	Portugal	9	1960Dwight Eisenhower 1960 • Richard Nixon 1971, 1974 • Jimmy Carter 1980 • Ronald Reagan 1985 • Bill Clinton 2000 • George W. Bush 2003 • Barack Obama 2010, 2016
	Slovenia	3	1999Bill Clinton 1999 • George W. Bush 2001, 2008
	Spain	11	1959Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • Richard Nixon 1970 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1980 • Ronald Reagan 1985 • George H. W. Bush 1991 • Bill Clinton 1995, 1997 • George W. Bush 2001 • Barack Obama 2016 • Joe Biden 2022
	Vatican City	22	1919Woodrow Wilson 1919 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • John F. Kennedy 1963 • Lyndon Johnson 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969, 1970 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1980 • Ronald Reagan 1982, 1987 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1991 • Bill Clinton 1994 • George W. Bush 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2014 • Donald Trump 2017 • Joe Biden 2021
	Yugoslavia ^[Note 19]	3	1970Richard Nixon 1970 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1980
Western Europe	Austria	6	1961John F. Kennedy 1961 • Richard Nixon 1972, 1974 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1979 • George W. Bush 2006
	Belgium	20	1919Woodrow Wilson 1919 • Harry Truman 1945 • Richard Nixon 1969, 1974 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • Ronald Reagan 1985, 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1989 (2) • Bill Clinton 1994, 1999 • George W. Bush 2001, 2005 • Barack Obama 2014 (2) • Donald Trump 2017, 2018 • Joe Biden 2021, 2022
	France	40	1919Woodrow Wilson 1918 (2), 1919 (2) • Dwight Eisenhower 1957, 1959 (2), 1960 • John F. Kennedy 1961 • Richard Nixon 1969, 1970, 1974 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • Ronald Reagan 1982, 1984, 1985 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 • George W. Bush 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009 (2), 2011 (2), 2014, 2015 • Donald Trump 2017, 2018, 2019 (2)
	Germany ^[Note 20]	35	1945Harry Truman 1945 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 • John F. Kennedy 1963 • Lyndon Johnson 1967 • Richard Nixon 1969 • Gerald Ford 1975 • Jimmy Carter 1978 • Ronald Reagan 1982, 1985, 1987 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1990, 1992 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 (2), 2000 • George W. Bush 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009 (2), 2013, 2015, 2016 (2) • Donald Trump 2017, 2018 • Joe Biden 2022, 2023 (2)
	Ireland	12	1963John F. Kennedy 1963 • Richard Nixon 1970 • Ronald Reagan 1984 • Bill Clinton 1995, 1998, 2000 • George W. Bush 2004, 2006 • Barack Obama 2011 • Donald Trump 2019 (2) • Joe Biden 2023
	Netherlands	5	1989George H. W. Bush 1989, 1991 • Bill Clinton 1997 • George W. Bush 2005 • Barack Obama 2014
	Switzerland	12	1955Dwight Eisenhower 1955 • Jimmy Carter 1977 • Ronald Reagan 1985 • George H. W. Bush 1990 • Bill Clinton 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 (2) • Donald Trump 2018, 2020 • Joe Biden 2021
	United Kingdom	43	1918Woodrow Wilson 1918 • Harry Truman 1945 • Dwight Eisenhower 1959 (2) • John F. Kennedy 1961, 1963 • Richard Nixon 1969 (2), 1970 • Jimmy Carter 1977 • Ronald Reagan 1982, 1984, 1988 • George H. W. Bush 1989, 1990, 1991 • Bill Clinton 1994 (2), 1995, 1997, 1998 (2), 2000 • George W. Bush 2001, 2003 (2), 2005, 2008 • Barack Obama 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 • Donald Trump 2018, 2019 (2) • Joe Biden 2021 (2), 2022 (3), 2023 (2)
Oceania	Australia	8	1966Lyndon Johnson 1966, 1967 • George H. W. Bush 1991 • Bill Clinton 1996 • George W. Bush 2003, 2007 • Barack Obama 2011, 2014
	New Zealand	2	1966Lyndon Johnson 1966 • Bill Clinton 1999
Source: ^[42]

Notes

1. Algeria was ruled as an integral part of France at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1943 and 1945. It became an independent sovereign state on July 5, 1962 following the Algerian War, the 1962 French Évian Accords referendum, and the 1962 Algerian independence referendum.
2. Morocco was a French protectorate at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit in 1943. It became an independent sovereign state on April 7, 1956.
3. Tunisia was a French protectorate at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1943. It became an independent sovereign state on March 20, 1956.
4. French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa. It ceased to exist after the 1958 French constitutional referendum.
5. The Gambia was a colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1943. It became an independent sovereign state on February 18, 1965 after passage of the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
6. The Bahamas was a colony of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy's visits. It became an independent sovereign state on July 10, 1973.
7. The British Leeward Islands was a colony of the United Kingdom which was dissolved in 1958.
8. Jamaica was a colony of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit in 1940. It became an independent sovereign state on August 6, 1962.
9. Saint Lucia was a colony of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit in 1940. It became an independent sovereign state on February 22, 1979.
10. Trinidad and Tobago was a colony of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1936 and 1943. It became an independent sovereign state on August 31, 1962 after passage of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.
11. Newfoundland was a dominion of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1939 and 1940. It became a province of the Canadian Confederation on March 31, 1949, following the 1948 Newfoundland referendums. Its name was officially changed to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001.
12. Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time of Lyndon B. Johnson's visit in 1967. It became an independent sovereign state on November 25, 1975.
13. South Vietnam merged with North Vietnam on July 2, 1976 to form a single country.
14. U.S. presidential visits made prior to December 26, 1991 to this former Soviet republic are listed under the Soviet Union.
15. Czechoslovakia was split into the independent countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.
16. The Soviet Union was split into 15 independent countries in 1991.
17. Name was changed from Macedonia to North Macedonia on February 12, 2019.
18. Malta was a colony of the United Kingdom at the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt's visits in 1943 and 1945. It became an independent sovereign state on September 21, 1964.
19. Yugoslavia was broken up in 1991–1992.
20. Germany was occupied by the Allies of World War II at the time of Harry S. Truman's visit in 1945. All subsequent visits by U.S. presidents have been made to the Federal Republic of Germany, which was known colloquially as "West Germany" from 1949 to 1990 during the post World War II West–East division of Germany. No incumbent U.S. president ever visited the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany") during its existence in the same time frame.

See also

• Foreign policy of the United States
• Foreign relations of the United States
• International relations
• List of diplomatic visits to the United States
• List of international trips made by secretaries of state of the United States
• List of meetings between the pope and the president of the United States

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