
Leading African countries with Chinese loans 2000-2020
Angola was the main borrower from China in Africa between 2000 and 2020. Loan commitments signed between Chinese financiers and the Angolan government summed 42.6 billion U.S. dollars. In the same period, China lent around 160 billion U.S. dollars to African countries. Ethiopia and Zambia were as well on the top list of leading borrowers. The countries were granted 13.7 billion and 10.1 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.