Niger: Chinese Development Finance Profile, 2000-2022
Date Published
Oct 10, 2025
Authors
Lea Thome, Brooke Escobar
Publisher
Citation
Thome, L. and Escobar, B. (2025). Niger: The Scale, Scope, and Composition of Chinese Development Finance. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
Abstract
This country profile of Niger provides a detailed overview of the scale, scope, and composition of Chinese state-directed financing to Niger 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 $5.3 billion in loan and grant-financed commitments and 143 projects to the Republic of Niger. China’s portfolio in Niger is dominated by non-concessional loans for multiple oil megaprojects, including over $2 billion committed in 2008 and $1.8 billion in 2019—with these loans supporting the SORAZ oil refinery, the Agadem oilfield and pipeline, and the Niger-Benin pipeline.
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.
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