# List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office.

## Summary of international trips

| Number of visits | Country |
| 1 visit | Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey |
| 2 visits | Australia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia |
| 3 visits | Brunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| 4 visits | Italy, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam |
| 5 visits | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
| 7 visits | Japan |
| 15 visits | China(Hong Kong) |
| 16 visits | United States |

## List of international trips

| Date(s) | Date(s) | Note | Places visited | Country | Details |
| August 7–9 | 2001 | State visit | | Malaysia | Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad |
| August 22–24 | 2001 | State visit | | Brunei | Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad |
| August 24–26 | 2001 | State visit | Singapore | Singapore | | Met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad |
| September 12–15 | 2001 | Working visit | | Japan | Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce |
| October 19–22 | 2001 | Visit | Shanghai | China | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| October 28–29 | 2001 | Official visit | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
| October 29–31 | 2001 | State visit | | China | |
| November 4–6 | 2001 | Visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | Attended the ASEAN Summit |
| November 12–13 | 2001 | State visit | | Indonesia |
| November 15–20 | 2002 | Working visit | | United States | Met with President George W. Bush |
| November 21 | 2002 | | Visit | Mexico | Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting |
| January 28–29 | 2002 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom | Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair |
| January 29 | 2002 | Working visit | | Canada | Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien |
| February | 2002 | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres |
| May 7 | 2002 | Official visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council |
| May 7–8 | 2002 | Official visit | | Thailand | |
| May 20–24 | 2002 | Working visit | | Japan | |
| October 24–25 and 27–30 | 2002 | Working visits | | United States | |
| October 25–27 | 2002 | Visit | Los Cabos | Mexico | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| November 3–6 | 2002 | Visit | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Attended the ASEAN Summit |
| November 6–7 | 2002 | State visit | | Vietnam | |
| December 2–5 | 2002 | State visit | | Japan | |
| February 2–3 | 2003 | Official visit | | Kuwait | |
| February 23–25 | 2003 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit |
| April 4 | 2003 | Visit | | Thailand | Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS |
| May 17–23 | 2003 | State and working visit | Los Angeles | United States | Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush |
| June 2–4 | 2003 | State visit | | South Korea | Met with President Roh Moo-hyun |
| June 4–6 | 2003 | Working visit | | Japan | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
| September 1–3 | 2003 | Visit | | Brunei | Attended the PECC XV |
| September 24–26 | 2003 | Visit | | United States | Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly |
| September 27–28 | 2003 | Working visit | | Holy See | Met with Pope John Paul II |
| September 29 | 2003 | Visit | | France | Attended a UNESCO summit |
| October 6–8 | 2003 | Visit | Bali | Indonesia | Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit |
| October 15–16 | 2003 | Visit | Putrajaya | Malaysia | Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference |
| October 19–21 | 2003 | Visit | Bangkok | Thailand | Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| December 10–12 | 2003 | Visit | Tokyo | Japan | Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit |
| December 14–15 | 2003 | State visit | | Bahrain |
| September 1–3 | 2004 | State visit | | China | Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission |
| September 8–9 | 2004 | Official visit | | Brunei | Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah |
| October 7–9 | 2004 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting |
| November 17–18 and 23 | 2004 | Working visit | | United States |
| November 19–22 | 2004 | Visit | Santiago | Chile | Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| November 22–23 | 2004 | Official visit | Mexico City | Mexico | Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún |
| November 28–30 | 2004 | Visit | Vientiane | Laos | Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit |
| January 5–6 | 2005 | Visit | | Indonesia | Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
| April 6–9 | 2005 | Official visit | Holy See | Holy See | Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II |
| April 21–22 | 2005 | Visit | Jakarta | Indonesia | Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee |
| August | 2005 | Working visit | | Singapore |
| September 12–16 | 2005 | Visit | | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly |
| November 17–19 | 2005 | Visit | Busan | South Korea | Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| December 11–14 | 2005 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit |
| May 7–10 | 2006 | State visit | | Saudi Arabia | Met with King Abdullah |
| June 24–25 | 2006 | Official visit | Holy See | Holy See | Met with Pope Benedict XVI |
| June 29–30 | 2006 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Met with King Juan Carlos I |
| July 15 | 2006 | Official visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah |
| July 16–18 | 2006 | State visit | Tripoli | Libya |
| September 9–11 | 2006 | Visit | Helsinki | Finland | Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting |
| September 12–13 | 2006 | Official visit | Brussels | Belgium |
| September 13–14 | 2006 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom' |
| September 15 | 2006 | Official visit | Havana | Cuba | Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit |
| September 16–17 | 2006 | Official visit | Honolulu | United States | |
| October 27 - November 1 | 2006 | Visit | Nanning and Hong Kong | China | Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong |
| November 17–19 | 2006 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| November 19–20 | 2006 | Working visit | Singapore | Singapore | |
| January 25–26 | 2007 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum |
| January 27 | 2007 | State visit | | Kuwait | |
| April 19–21 | 2007 | Visit | Bo'ao | China | Attended the Boao Forum for Asia |
| May 22–25 | 2007 | Visit | Tokyo | Japan | Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia |
| May 27–30 | 2007 | State visit | | New Zealand |
| May 30–31 | 2007 | State visit | Canberra and Melbourne | Australia |
| June 2–4 | 2007 | Private visit | Rome | Holy See | Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus |
| June | 2007 | Private visit | Lisbon | Holy See | Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| June 6–7 | 2007 | State visit | Sichuan and Chongqing | China |
| June 25–26 | 2007 | State visit | | Singapore | Met with President S. R. Nathan |
| June 26–27 | 2007 | State visit | | Equatorial Guinea | Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
| August 30–31 | 2007 | Official visit | | Malaysia | Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence |
| September 7–9 | 2007 | Visit | Sydney | Australia | Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| September 26–29 | 2007 | Visit | | United States | Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly |
| October 2–3 | 2007 | Working visit | Shanghai | China | Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games |
| October 4–6 | 2007 | State visit | | India |
| November 18–22 | 2007 | Visit | Singapore | Singapore | Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit |
| December 2–8 | 2007 | State visit | | Spain |
| December 9–10 | 2007 | Working visit | | Kuwait |
| January 22–25 | 2008 | Working visit | Zürich and Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum |
| January 26–28 | 2008 | Official visit | | United Arab Emirates | |
| March 30 - April 1 | 2008 | Working visit | Hong Kong | China | Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference |
| June 21–28 | 2008 | Official/working visit | | United States | |
| August 7–9 | 2008 | Official visit | Beijing | China | Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| September 21–27 | 2008 | Visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly |
| October 23–27 | 2008 | Working visit | Beijing | China | Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting |
| November 10–13 | 2008 | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly |
| November 13–16 | 2008 | State visit | Doha | Qatar |
| November | 2008 | Working visit | | United Arab Emirates |
| November 21–23 | 2008 | Visit | Lima | Peru | Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| November | 2008 | Official visit | | Colombia | Met with President Álvaro Uribe |
| November 27 | 2008 | Working visit | | United States |
| January 30–31 | 2009 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum |
| February 1–2 | 2009 | Working visit | Milan | Italy |
| February 3–4 | 2009 | Working visit | | Saudi Arabia |
| February 4–5 | 2009 | Official visit | | Bahrain | Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| February 6–7 | 2009 | Official visit | | United States | Attended a prayer conference |
| February 28 - March 1 | 2009 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit |
| April 10–11 | 2009 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit |
| April 12–14 | 2009 | Working visit | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates |
| May 2–3 | 2009 | Official/working visit | Cairo | Egypt | Met with President Hosni Mubarak |
| May 4–6 | 2009 | State visit | Damascus | Syria | Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria |
| May 11–15 | 2009 | Visit | Manado | Indonesia | Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit |
| May 30 - June 2 | 2009 | Visit | Jeju | South Korea | Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit |
| June 3–5 | 2009 | Visit | St. Petersburg | Russia | Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev |
| June 17–20 | 2009 | Working visit | Tokyo | Japan | Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō |
| June 22–25 | 2009 | State visit | Brasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President José Sarney of the Federal Senate and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies |
| July 15–16 | 2009 | Visit | Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit |
| July 30–31 | 2009 | Official visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Met with President Barack Obama |
| August 28 - September 1 | 2009 | Official visit | Tripoli | Libya | Attended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan |
| September 16–17 | 2009 | Working visit | Ankara | Turkey | Met with President Abdullah Gül |
| September 17–20 | 2009 | Visit | | United Kingdom | Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event |
| September 21–23 | 2009 | Official visit | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal |
| November 13–15 | 2009 | Visit | Singapore | Singapore | Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting |
| November 17–18 | 2009 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit |
| December 16–19 | 2009 | Visit | Copenhagen | Denmark | Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference |
| April 8–9 | 2010 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit |
| April 12–13 | 2010 | Visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit |
| April 14–15 | 2010 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain |
| June 8–9 | 2010 | Visit | Shanghai | China | Visited the Expo 2010 |