Nordic countries
Five providers, read as one: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
- 18,216
- aid activities in Africa, 2018–2024: USD 19.75 bn committed, 0 loans
- USD 6,410 m
- of it for things that get built, 5,206 records over the seven years
- USD 6.6 bn
- Nordic direct-investment stock in Africa at the end of 2024 where reported: Denmark, Finland and Iceland; Norway and Sweden publish no African partner
- USD 672 m
- owed to Nordic creditors by 12 governments at the end of 2024, Ethiopia first; 65 power units with a Nordic owner in the map's layers
18,216 activities with an African recipient for 2018–2024, USD 19.75 bn committed, all of it grants (0 loans); by provider, Sweden USD 7,896 m, Norway USD 6,725 m, Denmark USD 3,605 m, Finland USD 1,451 m, Iceland USD 72 m. The largest purpose is Material relief assistance and services, USD 1,678 m; Uganda, Somalia and Ethiopia receive the most.
The Nordic footprint on the ground is one company's: Scatec, the Norwegian developer, owns 65 of the power units with a Nordic owner in the map's layer, solar and hydro from Egypt's Benban to South Africa, Rwanda and Mozambique, with Norfund, Finnfund, KLP and Denmark's Frontier Energy fund beside it, and Equinor in two pipeline segments. Direct-investment stock is USD 6.6 bn where the five report it; Norway and Sweden publish no African partner. What African governments owe creditors in the five is USD 672 m at the end of 2024, USD 224 m of it to the five states.
OECD CRS activities 2018–2024 and DAC2a net ODA 2010–2024 and FDI positions 2015–2024 (Denmark, Finland, Iceland), fetched 14 Oct 2026 · World Bank International Debt Statistics to 2024, release of 3 Dec 2025 · Global Energy Monitor as on the map