| Date | Country | Cities visited | Host |
|---|
| 29 November 1953 | Panama Canal Zone (part of a wider tour, not a state visit) | Colón | Governor John S. Seybold [10] |
| 29–30 November 1953 | Panama | Panama City | President Remón [11] |
| 1 May 1954 | Kingdom of Libya | Tobruk | King Idris [12] |
| 24–26 June 1955 | Norway | Oslo | King Haakon VII |
| 8–10 June 1956 | Sweden | Stockholm | King Gustaf VI Adolf [13] |
| 18–21 February 1957 | Portugal | Montijo, Setúbal, Lisbon, Queluz, [14] Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Alcobaça, Batalha, Vila Franca de Xira [15] | President Lopes |
| 8–11 April 1957 | France | Paris, Lille [16] | President Coty |
| 21–23 May 1957 | Denmark | Copenhagen | King Frederick IX |
| 17–20 October 1957 | United States [17] [18] [19] [a] | New York City, Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Virginia | President Eisenhower |
| 25–27 March 1958 | Netherlands | Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague [20] [21] [22] | Queen Juliana |
| 26 February – 2 March 1961 | Kingdom of Nepal | Kathmandu, Pokhara | King Mahendra |
| 2–6 March 1961 | Iran | Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis [23] | Shah Mohammad Reza |
| 2–5 May 1961 | Italy | Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Milan, Cagliari, Turin [24] [25] | President Gronchi |
| 5 May 1961 | Vatican City | Pope John XXIII |
| 23 November 1961 | Liberia | Monrovia | President Tubman |
| 1–8 February 1965 | Ethiopian Empire | Addis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar [26] | Emperor Haile Selassie |
| 8–12 February 1965 | Sudan | Khartoum, Al-Ubayyid [27] | President Mahi |
| 18–28 May 1965 | West Germany | Bonn, Königswinter, Koblenz, Kaub, Wiesbaden, Munich, Stuttgart, Marbach, Schwäbisch Hall, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Soest, Gütersloh, Hanover, Hamburg [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] | President Lübke |
| 27 May 1965 | West Berlin | West Berlin [34] | Mayor Brandt |
| 9–13 May 1966 | Belgium | Brussels, Antwerp [35] | King Baudouin |
| 5–11 November 1968 | Brazil | Recife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro [36] | President Costa e Silva |
| 11–18 November 1968 | Chile | Santiago, Valparaíso, Pucón [37] | President Frei |
| 5–10 May 1969 | Austria | Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck | President Jonas |
| 18–25 October 1971 | Turkey | Ankara, İzmir, Istanbul, Kuşadası, Ephesus, Gallipoli [38] | President Sunay |
| 10–15 February 1972 | Thailand | Bangkok | King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| 13–14 March 1972 | Maldives | Malé, Gan | President Nasir |
| 15–19 May 1972 | France | Paris | President Pompidou |
| 17–21 October 1972 | Yugoslavia | Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb [39] [40] [41] | President Tito |
| 15–22 March 1974 | Indonesia | Bali, Jakarta, Magelang, Yogyakarta [42] [43] | President Suharto |
| 24 February – 1 March 1975 | Mexico | Mexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz [44] | President Echeverría |
| 7–12 May 1975 | Japan | Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise [45] [46] [47] | Emperor Hirohito |
| 25–28 May 1976 | Finland | Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä | President Kekkonen |
| 6–11 July 1976 | United States | Philadelphia, Washington, New York City, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston [48] [49] | President Ford |
| 8–12 November 1976 | Luxembourg | | Grand Duke Jean |
| 9 February 1977 | American Samoa (part of a wider tour; not a state visit) | Pago Pago [50] | Governor Frank E. Barnett |
| 22–26 May 1978 | West Germany | Bonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel [51] [52] | President Scheel |
| 26 May 1978 | West Berlin | West Berlin [51] [52] [53] | Mayor Stobbe |
| 12–14 February 1979 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | Emir Jaber III |
| 14–17 February 1979 | Bahrain | | Emir Isa |
| 17–20 February 1979 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Dhahran [54] | King Khalid |
| 21–24 February 1979 | Qatar | | Emir Khalifa |
| 24–27 February 1979 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi, Dubai [54] | Sheikh Zayed |
| 28 February – 2 March 1979 | Oman | Muscat, [55] Nizwa [56] | Sultan Qaboos |
| 16 May 1979 | Denmark | Copenhagen, Aalborg [57] | Queen Margrethe II |
| 29 April – 2 May 1980 | Switzerland | Bern, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Rütli, Montreux, Veytaux (Chillon Castle), Zürich, Geneva (ICRC) [58] [59] [60] | President Chevallaz |
| 14–17 October 1980 | Italy | Rome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo [61] | President Pertini |
| 17 October 1980 | Vatican City | Pope John Paul II |
| 21–23 October 1980 | Tunisia | Tunis, Borj El Amri [62] | President Bourguiba |
| 25–27 October 1980 | Algeria | Algiers | President Bendjedid |
| 27–30 October 1980 | Morocco | Rabat, Marrakech, Casablanca [63] | King Hassan II |
| 5–8 May 1981 | Norway | Oslo | King Olav V |
| 17–22 February 1983 | Mexico [64] | Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz [65] | President de la Madrid |
| 26 February – 6 March 1983 | United States | San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Seattle [66] | President Reagan |
| 25–28 May 1983 | Sweden | Stockholm, Gothenburg [67] | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
| 26–30 March 1984 | Jordan | Amman, Petra, Aqaba [68] | King Hussein |
| 25–29 March 1985 | Portugal | Lisbon, Évora, Porto [69] | President Eanes |
| 17–21 February 1986 | Nepal | Kathmandu | King Birendra |
| 12–18 October 1986 | People's Republic of China | Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou [70] | President Li |
| 26–27 May 1987 | West Germany | | President von Weizsäcker [71] |
| 17–21 October 1988 | Spain | Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Majorca [72] | King Juan Carlos I |
| 25–27 June 1990 | Iceland | Reykjavík | President Vigdís |
| 23 November 1990 | Germany | Bonn, Weeze | President von Weizsäcker [73] |
| 14–26 May 1991 | United States | Washington, Arlington, Baltimore, Tampa, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston [74] | President George H. W. Bush |
| 9–12 June 1992 | France | Paris, Blois, Bordeaux [75] | President Mitterrand |
| 19–23 October 1992 | Germany | Bonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden [76] | President von Weizsäcker |
| 4–7 May 1993 | Hungary | Budapest, Kecskemét, Bugac [77] | President Göncz |
| 7 August 1993 | Belgium | Brussels (for King Baudouin's funeral) | Albert, the Prince of Liège [78] |
| 6 May 1994 | France | Calais | President Mitterrand [79] |
| 17–20 October 1994 | Russia | Moscow, St. Petersburg [80] | President Yeltsin |
| 21 October 1994 | Finland (official visit; not state visit) | Helsinki [81] | President Ahtisaari |
| 25–27 March 1996 | Poland | Warsaw, Kraków | President Kwaśniewski |
| 27–29 March 1996 | Czech Republic | Prague, Brno [82] | President Havel |
| 28 October – 1 November 1996 | Thailand | Bangkok, Ayutthaya [83] | King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| 11 November 1998 | Belgium | Ypres [84] | King Albert II [85] |
| 19–22 April 1999 | South Korea | Seoul, Andong [86] | President Kim Dae-jung |
| 16–19 October 2000 | Italy | Rome, Milan [87] | President Ciampi |
| 17 October 2000 | Vatican City | Pope John Paul II |
| 30 May – 1 June 2001 | Norway | Oslo [88] | King Harald V |
| 5–7 April 2004 | France | Paris, Toulouse [89] | President Chirac |
| 2–4 November 2004 | Germany | Berlin, Potsdam, [90] Düsseldorf [91] | President Köhler |
| 16–17 October 2006 | Lithuania | Vilnius [92] | President Adamkus |
| 18–19 October 2006 | Latvia | Riga [92] | President Vike-Freiberga |
| 19–20 October 2006 | Estonia | Tallinn [92] | President Ilves |
| 5 February 2007 | Netherlands | The Hague, Amsterdam [93] | Queen Beatrix |
| 3–8 May 2007 | United States | Washington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt [94] | President George W. Bush |
| 11–12 July 2007 | Belgium | Brussels, Ypres, Laeken, [95] Wavre [96] | King Albert II |
| 13–16 May 2008 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa [38] | President Gül |
| 21–22 October 2008 | Slovenia | Ljubljana, Kranj [97] | President Türk |
| 23–24 October 2008 | Slovakia | Bratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad [98] | President Gašparovič |
| 24–25 November 2010 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Sheikh Khalifa |
| 25–28 November 2010 | Oman | Muscat | Sultan Qaboos |
| 17–20 May 2011 | Ireland | Dublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork [99] | President McAleese |
| 3 April 2014 | Italy | Rome | President Napolitano |
| 3 April 2014 | Vatican City | Pope Francis |
| 5–7 June 2014 | France | | President Hollande [1] |
| 23–26 June 2015 | Germany [100] | Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle [101] | President Gauck |