The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong Il during his tenure as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission, capacities which he served in from 1994 to 2011.
The number of visits per country where he traveled are:
| Date(s) | Country | Locations | Leaders met | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-31 May 2000 |  China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin | [2] [3] |
| 15-20 January 2001 | Beijing Shanghai | [2] [3] | ||
| 26 July-18 August 2001 |  Russia | Moscow | President of Russia Vladimir Putin | [1] |
| 20-24 August 2002 | Khabarovsk Vladivostok | [1] | ||
| 19-21 April 2004 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao | |
| 10-18 January 2006 | Beijing Hubei Guangdong | |||
| 3-5 May 2010 | Dalian | [4] [5] | ||
| August 2010 | Beijing | [6] | ||
| May 2011 | [7] [8] [9] | |||
| 20-25 August 2011 | Russia | Sosnovy Bor military garrison, Ulan Ude | President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev | [1] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
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