Travel by Country

The first president to travel to each country while in office.

CountrySitting PresidentDate
AfghanistanDwight D. Eisenhower9 Dec 1959
AlbaniaGeorge W. Bush10 Jun 2007
AlgeriaFranklin D. Roosevelt20 Nov 1943
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
ArgentinaFranklin D. Roosevelt30 Nov 1936
Armenia
AustraliaLyndon B. Johnson20 Oct 1966
AustriaJohn F. Kennedy3 Jun 1961
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, TheJohn F. Kennedy18 Dec 1962
BahrainGeorge W. Bush12 Jan 2008
BangladeshBill Clinton20 Mar 2000
BarbadosRonald Reagan8 Apr 1982
BelarusBill Clinton15 Jan 1994
BelgiumWoodrow Wilson18 Jun 1919
Belize
BeninGeorge W. Bush16 Feb 2008
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBill Clinton13 Jan 1996
BotswanaBill Clinton29 Mar 1998
BrazilFranklin D. Roosevelt27 Nov 1936
BruneiBill Clinton14 Nov 2000
BulgariaBill Clinton21 Nov 1999
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
CambodiaBarack Obama19 Nov 2012
Cameroon
CanadaWarren G. Harding27 Jul 1923
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
ChileDwight D. Eisenhower29 Feb 1960
ChinaRichard M. Nixon21 Feb 1972
ColombiaFranklin D. Roosevelt10 Jul 1934
Comoros
Congo
Costa RicaJohn F. Kennedy18 Mar 1963
CroatiaBill Clinton13 Jan 1996
CubaCalvin Coolidge1 Jan 1928
Cyprus
Czech RepublicBill Clinton11 Jan 1994
CzechoslovakiaGeorge H. W. Bush17 Nov 1990
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DenmarkBill Clinton11 Jul 1997
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
EgyptFranklin D. Roosevelt22 Nov 1943
El SalvadorLyndon B. Johnson6 Jul 1968
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
EstoniaGeorge W. Bush27 Nov 2006
Eswatini
EthiopiaBarack Obama26 Jul 2015
Faroe Islands
FinlandGerald R. Ford29 Jul 1975
FranceWoodrow Wilson14 Dec 1918
French Guiana
Gabon
GambiaFranklin D. Roosevelt13 Jan 1943
GeorgiaGeorge W. Bush9 May 2005
GermanyHarry S. Truman16 Jul 1945
GhanaBill Clinton23 Mar 1998
Gibraltar
GreeceDwight D. Eisenhower14 Dec 1959
GrenadaRonald Reagan20 Feb 1986
GuatemalaLyndon B. Johnson8 Jul 1968
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
HaitiFranklin D. Roosevelt5 Jul 1934
Holy See (Vatican City)Woodrow Wilson4 Jan 1919
HondurasLyndon B. Johnson8 Jul 1968
HungaryGeorge H. W. Bush11 Jul 1989
IcelandRichard M. Nixon31 May 1973
IndiaDwight D. Eisenhower9 Dec 1959
IndonesiaRichard M. Nixon26 Jul 1969
IranFranklin D. Roosevelt27 Nov 1943
IraqGeorge W. Bush27 Nov 2003
IrelandJohn F. Kennedy26 Jun 1963
IsraelRichard M. Nixon16 Jun 1974
ItalyWoodrow Wilson1 Jan 1919
Ivory Coast
JamaicaFranklin D. Roosevelt5 Dec 1940
JapanGerald R. Ford19 Nov 1974
JordanRichard M. Nixon17 Jun 1974
Kazakhstan
KenyaBarack Obama24 Jul 2015
KosovoBill Clinton23 Nov 1999
KuwaitBill Clinton28 Aug 1994
Kyrgyzstan
LaosBarack Obama5 Sep 2016
LatviaBill Clinton6 Jul 1994
Lebanon
Lesotho
LiberiaFranklin D. Roosevelt26 Jan 1943
Libya
Liechtenstein
LithuaniaGeorge W. Bush22 Nov 2002
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
MalaysiaLyndon B. Johnson30 Oct 1966
Maldives
Mali
MaltaFranklin D. Roosevelt8 Dec 1943
Mauritania
Mauritius
MexicoWilliam H. Taft1 Oct 1909
Moldova
Monaco
MongoliaGeorge W. Bush21 Nov 2005
Montenegro
MoroccoFranklin D. Roosevelt14 Jan 1943
Mozambique
MyanmarBarack Obama19 Nov 2012
Namibia
Nepal
NetherlandsGeorge H. W. Bush17 Jul 1989
New ZealandLyndon B. Johnson19 Oct 1966
Newfoundland (now part of Canada)Franklin D. Roosevelt17 Aug 1939
NicaraguaLyndon B. Johnson8 Jul 1968
Niger
NigeriaJimmy Carter31 Mar 1978
North KoreaDonald J. Trump19 Jun 2019
North MacedoniaBill Clinton22 Jun 1999
NorwayBill Clinton1 Nov 1999
OmanBill Clinton25 Mar 2000
PakistanDwight D. Eisenhower7 Dec 1959
PanamaTheodore Roosevelt14 Nov 1906
Paraguay
PeruGeorge W. Bush23 Mar 2002
PhilippinesDwight D. Eisenhower14 Jun 1960
PolandRichard M. Nixon31 May 1972
PortugalDwight D. Eisenhower19 May 1960
QatarGeorge W. Bush4 Jun 2003
RomaniaRichard M. Nixon2 Aug 1969
RussiaGeorge H. W. Bush2 Jan 1993
RwandaBill Clinton25 Mar 1998
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint LuciaFranklin D. Roosevelt8 Dec 1940
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi ArabiaRichard M. Nixon14 Jun 1974
SenegalFranklin D. Roosevelt9 Dec 1943
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
SingaporeGeorge H. W. Bush3 Jan 1992
SlovakiaGeorge W. Bush23 Feb 2005
SloveniaBill Clinton21 Jun 1999
SomaliaGeorge H. W. Bush31 Dec 1992
South AfricaBill Clinton25 Mar 1998
South KoreaDwight D. Eisenhower19 Jun 1960
South Sudan
South VietnamLyndon B. Johnson26 Oct 1966
Soviet UnionFranklin D. Roosevelt3 Feb 1945
SpainDwight D. Eisenhower21 Dec 1959
Sri Lanka
State of PalestineBill Clinton14 Dec 1998
Sudan
SurinameLyndon B. Johnson14 Apr 1967
SwedenGeorge W. Bush14 Jun 2001
SwitzerlandDwight D. Eisenhower16 Jul 1955
SyriaRichard M. Nixon15 Jun 1974
TaiwanDwight D. Eisenhower18 Jun 1960
Tajikistan
TanzaniaBill Clinton28 Aug 2000
ThailandLyndon B. Johnson27 Oct 1966
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and TobagoFranklin D. Roosevelt21 Nov 1936
TunisiaFranklin D. Roosevelt21 Nov 1943
TurkeyDwight D. Eisenhower6 Dec 1959
Turkmenistan
UgandaBill Clinton23 Mar 1998
UkraineBill Clinton12 Jan 1994
United Arab EmiratesGeorge W. Bush13 Jan 2008
United KingdomWoodrow Wilson26 Dec 1918
UruguayFranklin D. Roosevelt3 Dec 1936
Uzbekistan
VenezuelaJohn F. Kennedy16 Dec 1961
VietnamBill Clinton16 Nov 2000
West GermanyDwight D. Eisenhower26 Aug 1959
Western Sahara
Yemen
YugoslaviaRichard M. Nixon30 Sep 1970
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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