This statistic represents the 20 countries most indebted to China in billions of U.S. dollars in 2022. In 2022, Pakistan was the country that had contracted the largest loan from China.
External debt corresponds to the money a state owes to foreign lenders, in this case China.
Developing countries are the primary beneficiaries of Chinese loans, which are part of the investment policy of the "New Silk Roads".Â
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Visual Capitalist. (April 28, 2024). Amount of countries' debt to China in 2022 (in billions of U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1643357/this-country-against-china/
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