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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office; Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 40 days.


Summary

The number of visits per country where President Obama traveled are: * One visit to Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile,
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
, Cuba, Egypt,
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya,
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, Spain,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam and the West Bank * Two visits to
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia,
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Vatican City * Three visits to Canada,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and Poland * Four visits to Afghanistan,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, and South Korea * Five visits to Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom * Six visits to France and Germany


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Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Obama's term in office (2009–2017).


See also

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Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration The term Obama Doctrine is frequently used to describe the principles of US foreign policy under the Obama administration (2009–2017). He relied chiefly on his two highly experienced Secretaries of State: Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) and Joh ...
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Foreign policy of the United States The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America, including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State, as mentioned in the ''Foreign Policy Agenda'' of the Department of State, are ...
* List of international trips made by Hillary Clinton as United States Secretary of State *
List of international trips made by John Kerry as United States Secretary of State This is a list of international visits undertaken by John Kerry (in office 2013–2017) while in the role of United States Secretary of State. The list includes both private travel and Official visit, official state visits. The list include ...


References


External links


Travels of President Barack Obama
U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
Travels of the Obama Presidency
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