Modi visits 38 nations in 2 years, Manmohan visited 23

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited 38 countries (visiting some countries more than once) making 19 international trips till 8 June, 2016, traveling abroad for 97 of 743 days since he assumed office on 26 May, 2014, according to IndiaSpend analysis of Ministry of External Affairs data . Modi’s predecessor Manmohan Singh visited 23 countries (visiting some countries more than once) leaving the country 17 times during his second term in office over a similar period, until 8 June, 2011, traveling 76 of 747 days since he assumed office on 22 May, 2009. During his first term, Singh travelled for 64 days over a similar period, visiting 15 countries making 16 international trips (visiting some countries more than once) between 22 May, 2004 and 8 June, 2006. [caption id=“attachment_2828636” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Source: Ministry of External Affairs ; Note: United Progressive Alliance (UPA).[/caption]   Modi recently returned from a five-nation tour—Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, USA and Mexico–which began on 4 June, 2016. This was Modi’s fourth visit to US since he assumed charge as Prime Minister. This is an updated version of the story ‘Modi vs Manmohan: Both Global Roamers’ published earlier on 16 May, 2015. Read here .