Mozambique: Chinese Development Finance Profile, 2000-2022
Date Published
Oct 10, 2025
Authors
Lea Thome, Brooke Escobar
Publisher
Citation
Thome, L. and Escobar, B. (2025). Mozambique: The Scale, Scope, and Composition of Chinese Development Finance. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
Abstract
This country profile of Mozambique provides a detailed overview of the scale, scope, and composition of Chinese state-directed financing to Mozambique between 2000 and 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.
Between 2000 and 2022, China has directed $9.5 billion in loan and grant-financed commitments and 152 projects to the Republic of Mozambique. China’s financing to Mozambique peaked in 2013, with a $2.9 billion loan directed to CPNC 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—about $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 later this year.
Related Publications
Featured Authors
