# 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. Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.
Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.

## 1950s

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

## 1960s

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

## 1970s

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

## 1980s

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

## 1990s

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

## 2000s

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

| Date | Country | Host |
| 28 June – 6 July 2010 | Canada | Governor General Jean |
| 19–29 October 2011 | Australia (for 22nd CHOGM) | Governor-General Bryce |
| 26–28 November 2015 | 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)
* Ashmore and Cartier Islands (external territory of Australia)
* Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)
* Coral Sea Islands (external territory of Australia)
* Heard Island and McDonald Islands (external territory of Australia)
* Niue (Realm of New Zealand)
* Ross Dependency (dependency of New Zealand)
* 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