Mozambique: Chinese Development Finance Profile, 2000-2022

This country profile provides a detailed overview of the scale, scope, and composition of Chinese state-directed financing in Mozambique from 2000 to 2022. It includes granular information on key trends in China’s loan and grant-financed commitments, its lending portfolio, ESG risks in its infrastructure projects, and contractual safeguards adoption and implementation.

From 2000 to 2022, China directed $9.5 billion in loan and grant-financed commitments for 152 projects in Mozambique. China’s financing to Mozambique peaked in 2013, with a $2.9 billion loan directed to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to acquire a minority stake in Eni East Africa, a natural gas company. Another wave of major financing followed in 2017, with nearly $2 billion in non-concessional loans—around $1.8 billion of which supported the Coral South Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Project.

The insights in this profile are derived from AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0 and the sources referenced therein. Additional 2022 data collection is based on a forthcoming dataset version launching in November 2025.