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.Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.
United Kingdom
10 visits or more
9 visits
8 visits
7 visits
6 visits
5 visits
4 visits
3 visits
2 visits
1 visit
Queen Elizabeth IIHead of the CommonwealthKing George VICommonwealth of NationsCameroonRwandaBritish IslandsGovernor MitchellBermudaGovernor HoodJamaicaGovernor FootGovernor GarveyQueen Sālote Tupou IIINew ZealandGovernor-General NorrieAustraliaGovernor-General SlimCocos IslandsGovernor NicollCeylonGovernor-General Ramsbotham27 April 1954UgandaGovernor CohenGovernor CreasyGibraltarGovernor MacMillanNigeriaGovernor-General RobertsonCanadaGovernor General MasseyCyprusPresident Makarios IIIAkrotiri and DhekeliaAdministrator MacDonaldPresident PrasadPakistanPresident Ayub KhanPresident Nkrumah25 November – 1 December 1961Sierra LeoneGovernor-General DormanGambiaGovernor WindleyGovernor General VanierGovernor MaddocksGovernor-General FergussonGovernor-General SidneyBarbadosGovernor StowBritish GuianaGovernor LuytTrinidad and TobagoGovernor-General HochoyGrenadaGovernor TurbottSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint LuciaDominicaAdministrator GuyMontserratAntiguaAdministrator RoseSaint Christopher-Nevis-AnguillaAdministrator HowardBritish Virgin IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsBahamasGovernor GreyGovernor-General CampbellGovernor General Michener1978 Commonwealth GamesEdmontonGovernor FosterKing Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IVGovernor-General PorrittGovernor-General HasluckSingaporePresident ShearesMalaysiaYang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of KedahBruneiSultan Hassanal BolkiahSeychellesGovernor GreatbatchMauritiusGovernor-General WilliamsPresident Kenyatta2nd CHOGMGovernor-General CakobauGovernor-General LégerCook IslandsGovernor-General Blundell1974 British Commonwealth GamesNorfolk IslandNew HebridesResident Commissioner Houssemayne de BoulaySolomon IslandsGovernor LuddingtonPapua New GuineaHigh Commissioner Wilson JohnsonGovernor LeatherGovernor-General ScottGovernor-General Butler3rd CHOGMGovernor-General GlasspoleHong KongGovernor MacLehose1976 Summer OlympicsGovernor General LégerWestern SamoaO le Ao o le Malo Malietoa Tanumafili IIGovernor-General KerrGovernor-General LokolokoAntigua and BarbudaGovernor JacobsGovernor-General WardTanzaniaPresident NyerereMalawiPresident BandaBotswanaPresident KhamaZambia5th CHOGM