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Spain

Spain's record is small money in many hands.

12,494
aid activities in Africa, 2018–2024: USD 2.11 bn committed, 12 loans
USD 332 m
of it for things that get built, 2,347 records over the seven years
USD 7.0 bn
Spanish direct-investment stock in Africa at the end of 2024, Morocco 44%, South Africa 11%
USD 2,343 m
owed to Spanish creditors by 22 governments at the end of 2024, Angola first; 13 power units with a Spanish owner in the map's layers

12,494 activities with an African recipient for 2018–2024, USD 2.11 bn committed, 100% grants and only 12 loans; 40% of the activities are reported by the Municipalities, the rest by the autonomous communities, the cities, the universities and the ministries. The largest purpose is COVID-19 control, USD 212 m; Morocco, Senegal and Mali receive the most, the Maghreb and the Sahel first.

The capital is across the strait. Spanish direct-investment stock in Africa stood at USD 7.0 bn at the end of 2024, Morocco 44% of it; the map's own layers carry 4 pipelines with Naturgy, Enagás or Repsol among the owners, the Medgaz line from Algeria and the Maghreb–Europe line through Morocco among them, and 13 power units owned by Acciona, Sener, Elecnor, Abengoa or Cobra, mostly solar and wind in South Africa, Egypt and Morocco. What African governments owe Spanish creditors is USD 2,343 m at the end of 2024, USD 1,137 m of it to the Spanish state.

OECD CRS activities 2018–2024 and DAC2a net ODA 2010–2024 and FDI positions 2015–2024, fetched 14 Oct 2026 · World Bank International Debt Statistics to 2024, release of 3 Dec 2025 · Global Energy Monitor and TeleGeography as on the map

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USD 2.34 bnowed to Spanish creditors by 22 African governments at the end of 2024, down from USD 3.57 bn in 2014. Angola owes the most, 31% of it.