List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and remained Head of the Commonwealth until her death on 8 September 2022. During that time, she toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She visited all member states except for Cameroon, and the three most recently joined member states, Rwanda, Togo and Gabon.^[1][2][3] Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.

Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II

  United Kingdom

  10 visits or more

  9 visits

  8 visits

  7 visits

  6 visits

  5 visits

  4 visits

  3 visits

  2 visits

  1 visit

Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M. The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012

Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.

1950s

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visiting Bermuda in 1953

A young girl presenting flowers to The Queen outside Brisbane City Hall, March 1954

Date	Country	Host
6 February 1952[4]	Kenya	Governor Mitchell
24–25 November 1953[4]	Bermuda	Governor Hood
25–27 November 1953[4]	Jamaica	Governor Foot
17–19 December 1953[4]	Fiji	Governor Garvey
19–20 December 1953[4]	Tonga	Queen Sālote Tupou III
23 December 1953 – 30 January 1954[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Norrie
3 February 1954 – 1 April 1954[4]	Australia	Governor-General Slim
5 April 1954[4]	Cocos Islands	Governor Nicoll
10–21 April 1954[4]	Ceylon	Governor-General Ramsbotham
27 April 1954[4]	Aden	Governor Hickinbotham
28–30 April 1954[4]	Uganda	Governor Cohen
3–7 May 1954[4]	Malta	Governor Creasy
10 May 1954[4]	Gibraltar	Governor MacMillan
28 January – 16 February 1956[4][5]	Nigeria	Governor-General Robertson
12–16 October 1957[4]	Canada	Governor General Massey
18 June – 1 August 1959[4]	Canada	Governor General Massey

1960s

The Queen cutting a cake in celebration of the first birthday of Prince Andrew in Chennai, India, 19 February 1961

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Sydney, Australia, February 1963

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the opening of the New Zealand Parliament in 1963

Date	Country	Host
20 January 1961	Cyprus	President Makarios III
20 January 1961[6]	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Administrator MacDonald
21 January – 1 February 1961 16–26 February 1961 1–2 March 1961[4]	India	President Prasad
1–16 February 1961[7][8]	Pakistan	President Ayub Khan
9–20 November 1961[4]	Ghana	President Nkrumah
25 November – 1 December 1961[4]	Sierra Leone	Governor-General Dorman
3–5 December 1961[4]	Gambia	Governor Windley
30 January – 1 February 1963[4]	Canada	Governor General Vanier
2–3 February 1963[4]	Fiji	Governor Maddocks
6–18 February 1963[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Fergusson
18 February – 27 March 1963[4]	Australia	Governor-General Sidney
5–13 October 1964[4]	Canada	Governor General Vanier
1 February 1966[4]	Canada (refueling)	Governor General Vanier
1 February 1966[4]	Barbados	Governor Stow
4–5 February 1966[4]	British Guiana	Governor Luyt
7–10 February 1966[4]	Trinidad and Tobago	Governor-General Hochoy
11 February 1966[4]	Grenada	Governor Turbott
13 February 1966[4]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Administrator Graham
14–15 February 1966[4]	Barbados	Governor Stow
16 February 1966[4]	Saint Lucia	Administrator Bryan
18 February 1966[4]	Dominica	Administrator Guy
19 February 1966[4]	Montserrat	Administrator Gibbs
20 February 1966[4]	Antigua	Administrator Rose
22 February 1966[4]	Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla	Administrator Howard
23 February 1966[4]	British Virgin Islands	Administrator Staveley
25 February 1966[4]	Turks and Caicos Islands	Roger Tutt
27–28 February 1966[4]	Bahamas	Governor Grey
3–6 March 1966[4]	Jamaica	Governor-General Campbell
29 June – 5 July 1967[4]	Canada	Governor General Michener
14–17 November 1967[4]	Malta	Governor-General Dorman

1970s

The Queen during a walkabout in Townsville, Australia, 1970

The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne during the 1970 Royal tour of Australia

The Queen opening the Sydney Opera House, 20 October 1973

The Queen with the Brian Elwood, Mayor of Palmerston North, New Zealand, during a walkabout in The Square, 26 February 1977

The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward at the opening of the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta

Date	Country	Host
2–3 March 1970[4]	Canada	Governor General Michener
4–5 March 1970[4]	Fiji	Governor Foster
7 March 1970[4]	Tonga	King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
12–30 March 1970[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Porritt
30 March – 3 May 1970[4]	Australia	Governor-General Hasluck
3–4 May 1970[4]	Canada (refueling)	Governor General Michener
5–15 July 1970[4]	Canada	Governor General Michener
3–12 May 1971[4]	Canada	Governor General Michener
18–20 February 1972[4]	Singapore	President Sheares
22–26, 28 February 1972[4]	Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah
29 February 1972[4]	Brunei	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
2 March 1972[4]	Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah
5 March 1972[4]	Singapore	President Sheares
6, 8 March 1972[4]	Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah
19–20 March 1972[4]	Seychelles	Governor Greatbatch
24–26 March 1972[4]	Mauritius	Governor-General Williams
26 March 1972[4]	Kenya	President Kenyatta
25 June – 5 July 1973[4]	Canada	Governor General Michener
31 July – 4 August 1973[4]	Canada (for 2nd CHOGM)	Governor General Michener
15 October 1973[4]	Canada (refueling)	Governor General Michener
16–17 October 1973[4]	Fiji	Governor-General Cakobau
17–22 October 1973[4]	Australia	Governor-General Hasluck
27 January 1974[4]	Canada (refueling)	Governor-General Léger
28–29 January 1974[4]	Cook Islands	Governor-General Blundell
30 January – 8 February 1974[4]	New Zealand (for 1974 British Commonwealth Games)	Governor-General Blundell
11 February 1974[4]	Norfolk Island	Administrator Pickerd
15–16 February 1974[4]	New Hebrides	Resident Commissioner Houssemayne de Boulay
18–21 February 1974[4]	Solomon Islands	Governor Luddington
22–27 February 1974[4]	Papua New Guinea	High Commissioner Wilson Johnson
27–28 February 1974[4]	Australia	Governor-General Hasluck
16–18 February 1975[4]	Bermuda	Governor Leather
18–20 February 1975[4]	Barbados	Governor-General Scott
20–21 February 1975[4]	Bahamas	Governor-General Butler
1 March 1975[4]	Bermuda (refueling)	Governor Leather
26–30 April 1975[4]	Jamaica (for 3rd CHOGM)	Governor-General Glasspole
4–7 May 1975[4]	Hong Kong	Governor MacLehose
13–25 July 1976[4]	Canada (for 1976 Summer Olympics)	Governor General Léger
10–11 February 1977[4]	Western Samoa	O le Ao o le Malo Malietoa Tanumafili II
14 February 1977[4]	Tonga	King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
16–17 February 1977[4]	Fiji	Governor-General Cakobau
22 February – 7 March 1977[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Blundell
7–23 March 1977[4]	Australia	Governor-General Kerr
23–26 March 1977[4]	Papua New Guinea	Governor-General Lokoloko
26–30 March 1977[4]	Australia	Governor-General Kerr
14–19 October 1977[4]	Canada	Governor-General Léger
19–20 October 1977[4]	Bahamas	Governor-General Butler
26 October 1977[4]	British Virgin Islands	Governor Wallace
28 October 1977[4]	Antigua and Barbuda	Governor Jacobs
31 October – 2 November 1977[4]	Barbados	Governor-General Ward
26 July – 6 August 1978[4]	Canada	Governor General Léger
19–22 July 1979[4]	Tanzania	President Nyerere
22–25 July 1979[4]	Malawi	President Banda
25–27 July 1979[4]	Botswana	President Khama
27 July – 4 August 1979[4]	Zambia (for 5th CHOGM)	President Kaunda

1980s

The Queen meeting Australian entertainers who performed in a Royal Charity Concert at the Sydney Opera House, 1980

The Queen posing with the New Zealand Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand, 1981

The Queen surrounded by children in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane City, 1982

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Closing Ceremony of the XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982

The Queen opening World Expo 88 at Brisbane, 30 April 1988

Date	Country	Host
24–28 May 1980[4]	Australia	Governor-General Cowen
26 September – 12 October 1981[4]	Australia (for 6th CHOGM)	Governor-General Cowen
12–20 October 1981[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Beattie
20–21 October 1981[4]	Australia	Governor-General Cowen
21–25 October 1981[4][9]	Sri Lanka	President Jayawardene
15–18 April 1982[4][9]	Canada	Governor General Schreyer
5–13 October 1982[4]	Australia	Governor-General Stephen
13–14 October 1982[4]	Papua New Guinea	Governor-General Lokoloko
18 October 1982[4]	Solomon Islands	Governor-General Devesi
21 October 1982[4]	Nauru	President DeRoburt
23 October 1982[4]	Kiribati	President Tabai
26–27 October 1982[4]	Tuvalu	Governor-General Teo
30 October – 1 November 1982[4]	Fiji	Governor-General Cakobau
13 February 1983[4]	Bermuda	Governor Posnett
13–16 February 1983[4]	Jamaica	Governor-General Glasspole
16–17 February 1983[4]	Cayman Islands	Governor Lloyd
8–11 March 1983[4]	Canada	Governor General Schreyer
9–10 November 1983[4]	Cyprus	President Kyprianou
10–14 November 1983[9]	Kenya	President Moi
14–17 November 1983[9]	Bangladesh	President Chowdhury
17–26 November 1983[9]	India (for 7th CHOGM)	President Singh
25–26 March 1984[4]	Cyprus	President Kyprianou
24 September – 7 October 1984[4]	Canada	Governor General Sauvé
9–11 October 1985[4]	Belize	Governor-General Gordon
11–18 October 1985[4]	Bahamas (for 8th CHOGM)	Governor-General Cash
20 October 1985[4]	Inagua (private)
23 October 1985[4]	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General Arrindell
24 October 1985[4]	Antigua and Barbuda	Governor-General Jacobs
25 October 1985[4]	Dominica	President Seignoret
26 October 1985[4]	Saint Lucia	Governor-General Lewis
27 October 1985[4]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Governor-General Eustace
28–29 October 1985[4]	Barbados	Governor-General Springer
31 October 1985[4]	Grenada	Governor-General Scoon
1–3 November 1985[4]	Trinidad and Tobago	President Clarke
22 February – 2 March 1986[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Reeves
2–13 March 1986[4]	Australia	Governor-General Stephen
21–23 October 1986[4]	Hong Kong	Governor Youde
9–24 October 1987[4]	Canada (for 10th CHOGM)	Governor General Sauvé
19 April – 10 May 1988[4]	Australia	Governor-General Stephen
8–11 March 1989[4]	Barbados	Governor-General Springer
9–11 October 1989[9]	Singapore	President Wee
14–17 October 1989[9]	Malaysia (for 11th CHOGM)	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of Perak

1990s

The Queen with the Mayor of Christchurch Vicki Buck, during a walkabout in Victoria Square, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1990

The Queen in Ottawa in 1992 to celebrate her Ruby Jubilee and the 125th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation

Date	Country	Host
1–16 February 1990[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Reeves
27 June – 1 July 1990[4]	Canada	Governor General Hnatyshyn
7 October 1991[4]	Kenya (overnight stop)	President Moi
8–10 October 1991[9]	Namibia	President Nujoma
10–15 October 1991[9]	Zimbabwe (for 12th CHOGM)	President Mugabe
18–25 February 1992[4]	Australia	Governor-General Hayden
28–30 May 1992[4]	Malta	President Tabone
30 June – 2 July 1992[4]	Canada	Governor General Hnatyshyn
18–24 October 1993[4]	Cyprus (for 13th CHOGM)	President Clerides
23 October 1993[10]	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Administrator Harley
18 February 1994[4]	Anguilla	Governor Shave
19 February 1994[4]	Dominica	President Sorhaindo
19–22 February 1994[4]	Guyana	President Jagan
22–24 February 1994[4]	Belize	Governor-General Young
26–27 February 1994[4]	Cayman Islands	Governor Gore
1–3 March 1994[4]	Jamaica	Governor-General Cooke
6–8 March 1994[4]	Bahamas	Governor-General Darling
8–10 March 1994[4]	Bermuda	Governor Waddington
13–22 August 1994[4]	Canada	Governor General Hnatyshyn
19–25 March 1995	South Africa	President Mandela
30 October – 11 November 1995[4]	New Zealand (for 14th CHOGM)	Governor-General Tizard
23 June – 2 July 1997[4]	Canada	Governor General LeBlanc
6–12 October 1997[9]	Pakistan	President Leghari
12–18 October 1997[9]	India	President Narayanan
17–20 September 1998[9]	Brunei	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
20–23 September 1998[9]	Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan
7–9 November 1999[4]	Ghana	President Rawlings
9–15 November 1999[4]	South Africa (for 16th CHOGM)	President Mbeki
15 November 1999[4]	Mozambique	President Chissano

2000s

The Queen with Saidu Samaila Sambawa in Nigeria, 2003

The Queen with the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at CHOGM in Kampala, Uganda, 2007

Date	Country	Host
17 March – 1 April 2000[4]	Australia	Governor-General Deane
18–20 February 2002[4]	Jamaica	Governor-General Cooke
22–27 February 2002[4]	New Zealand	Governor-General Cartwright
27 February – 3 March 2002[4]	Australia (for 17th CHOGM)	Governor-General Hollingworth
4–15 October 2002[4]	Canada	Governor General Clarkson
3–6 December 2003[4]	Nigeria (for 18th CHOGM)	President Obasanjo
17–25 May 2005[4]	Canada	Governor General Clarkson
23–26 November 2005[4]	Malta (for 19th CHOGM)	President Fenech Adami
11–16 March 2006[4]	Australia	Governor-General Jeffery
16–18 March 2006[4]	Singapore	President Nathan
20 November 2007[4]	Malta	President Fenech Adami
21–24 November 2007[4]	Uganda (for 20th CHOGM)	President Museveni
24–26 November 2009	Bermuda	Governor Gozney
26–28 November 2009	Trinidad and Tobago (for 21st CHOGM)	President Richards

2010s

The Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh arriving at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre to inaugurate the CHOGM Summit, 28 October 2011

Date	Country	Host
28 June – 6 July 2010[4]	Canada	Governor General Jean
19–29 October 2011[4]	Australia (for 22nd CHOGM)[4]	Governor-General Bryce
26–28 November 2015[11]	Malta (for 24th CHOGM)	President Coleiro Preca

Commonwealth countries and territories never visited by Elizabeth II

British overseas territories
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Falkland Islands
Pitcairn Islands, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (never visited as Queen)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Other territories
Australian Antarctic Territory (external territory of Australia)[a]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (external territory of Australia)[a]
Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)[a]
Coral Sea Islands (external territory of Australia)[a]
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (external territory of Australia)[a]
Niue (Realm of New Zealand)
Ross Dependency (dependency of New Zealand)[a]
Tokelau (dependency of New Zealand)

Commonwealth countries
Cameroon
Eswatini (never visited as Queen)
Gabon
Lesotho (never visited as Queen)
Maldives (never visited while the country has been a member)
Rwanda
Togo

See also

• List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of state visits received by Elizabeth II
• List of state and official visits by Canada
• Royal tours of Australia
• Royal tours of Canada
• List of official overseas trips made by George VI
• List of official overseas trips made by Charles III
• List of official overseas trips made by William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
• List of official overseas trips made by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Notes

1. Though nominally called territories, these regions are constitutionally integrated into their respective countries.

References

1. "Queen Elizabeth has never visited THESE Commonwealth countries on a state visit". 10 April 2018. The Queen has yet to visit Cameroon and Rwanda
2. Hebblethwaite, Cordelia (4 May 2012). "Why hasn't the Queen visited Greece?". BBC News. The Queen has made it to every single nation in the Commonwealth, except two of the more recent entrants, Rwanda and Cameroon.
3. "The Royal Family's visits around the Commonwealth". Official website of the British royal family. 17 April 2018. The Queen has visited every country in the Commonwealth (with the exception of Cameroon, which joined in 1995 and Rwanda which joined in 2009)
4. "Commonwealth visits since 1952". Official website of the British monarchy. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
5. "Queen's 1956 Tour of Nigeria". British Pathé. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
6. "Cyprus: Akrotiri: Queen Elizabeth Meets Archbishop Makarios".
7. (12–16 February Former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh)
8. "Sights and Sounds of History". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
9. Outward State visits since 1952, official website of the British monarchy. Retrieved 4 September 2012 Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
10. "Bolton, Carole (Fl.1994) - the Royal Luncheon, Officers Mess, Royal Air Force, Akrotiri, 23 October 1993".
11. "State Visit to Malta and CHOGM". The Royal Family. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.