Saudi banks’ aggregate assets surpass SAR 3 trln for first time in February

29/03/2021 Argaam Special


Saudi banks’ aggregate assets exceeded SAR 3 trillion for the first time, to reach SAR 3.008 trillion by the end of February 2021.

 

In October 2007, the assets of Saudi banks surpassed the SAR 1 trillion-mark for the first time and breached past SAR 2 trillion in March 2014.

 

Private sector liabilities account for the largest share of bank assets, at 61%, followed by government and semi-government liabilities by 17%, and foreign assets by 9%.

 

 

Saudi Banks Assets since 2003

 

Period

Value

(SAR bln)

Variation

(SAR bln)

Variation

(%)

 

2003

545.21

36.97

+ 7 %

 

2004

655.38

110.17

+ 20 %

 

2005

759.08

103.69

+ 16%

 

2006

861.09

102.01

+ 13 %

 

2007

1075.22

214.13

+ 25%

 

2008

1302.27

227.05

+ 21 %

 

2009

1370.26

67.99

+ 5 %

 

2010

1415.27

45.01

+ 3 %

 

2011

1568.66

153.39

+ 11 %

 

2012

1759.86

191.20

+ 12 %

 

2013

1921.76

161.90

+ 9 %

 

2014

2162.55

240.79

+ 13 %

 

2015

2233.25

70.71

+ 3 %

 

2016

2289.00

55.75

+ 2 %

 

2017

2350.89

61.89

+ 3 %

 

2018

2398.15

47.26

+ 2 %

 

2019

2631.13

232.98

+ 10 %

 

2020

2979.63

348.50

+ 13%

 

February 2021*

3007.96

28.34

+1%

*Not included bank branches abroad.

 

 

During February, Saudi bank assets accounted for 115% of the total GDP of SAR 2.625 trillion, reaching an all-time high.

 

The Saudi banks’ assets exceeded the Kingdom’s GDP for the first time by the end of 2020, reaching 113.5%, as the following table shows:

 

Saudi Banks Assets/GDP (%)

Period

Ratio

2000

63.8%

2001

68.4%

2002

71.5%

2003

67.4%

2004

67.6%

2005

61.7%

2006

61.0%

2007

69.0%

2008

66.8%

2009

85.2%

2010

71.5%

2011

62.3%

2012

63.8%

2013

68.6%

2014

76.3%

2015

91.0%

2016

94.7%

2017

91.0%

2018

81.3%

2019

88.5%

2020

113.5%

February 2021*

114.6%

* According to GDP data for 2020.

 

 

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