Developing Countries Receiving the Most Loans from China

Most indebted poor countries in the world all have taken big loans from China.
December 11, 2023

From Visual Capitalist

Which Developed Countries Receive the Most Loans from China?

According to the IMF, the most indebted poor countries in the world all have taken big loans from China.

Critics refer to this as “debt-trap diplomacy,” in which China deliberately provides loans to countries it knows are unable to pay, with the hope of gaining political leverage.

In this infographic we use data from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission to list heavily indebted countries by their total loans from China.

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Much of China’s loans are part of the country’s wider investments in

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