The following table shows the ranking of the 50 largest Arab banks based on total assets. Qatar National Bank (QNB) occupies the first place in the list. The Top 10 banks also include four banks from United Arab Emirates, four banks from Saudi Arabia, 1 bank from Kuwait and 1 bank from Egypt.
Rank | Company | Country | Total assets, US$b | Balance sheet |
1 | Qatar National Bank | Qatar | 190.202 | 06/30/2016 |
2 | National Commercial Bank | Saudi Arabia | 120.854 | 06/30/2016 |
3 | Emirates NBD | UAE | 115.947 | 06/30/2016 |
4 | National Bank of Abu Dhabi | UAE | 114.211 | 06/30/2016 |
5 | Al Rajhi Bank | Saudi Arabia | 88.472 | 06/30/2016 |
6 | National Bank of Kuwait | Kuwait | 79.791 | 06/30/2016 |
7 | National Bank of Egypt | Egypt | 67.673 | 12/31/2015 |
8 | Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) | UAE | 65.564 | 06/30/2016 |
9 | Samba Financial Group | Saudi Arabia | 62.471 | 06/30/2016 |
10 | First Gulf Bank (FGB) | UAE | 61.885 | 06/30/2016 |
11 | Riyad Bank | Saudi Arabia | 60.812 | 06/30/2016 |
12 | Kuwait Finance House | Kuwait | 56.459 | 06/30/2016 |
13 | Banque Saudi Fransi | Saudi Arabia | 51.771 | 06/30/2016 |
14 | Saudi British Bank | Saudi Arabia | 51.226 | 06/30/2016 |
15 | Arab Bank | Jordan | 48.255 | 06/30/2016 |
16 | Dubai Islamic Bank | UAE | 46.850 | 06/30/2016 |
17 | Arab National Bank | Saudi Arabia | 44.473 | 06/30/2016 |
18 | Bank Audi | Lebanon | 43.093 | 06/30/2016 |
19 | Attijariwafa Bank | Morocco | 42.587 | 06/30/2016 |
20 | HSBC Bank Middle East | Channel Islands | 40.934 | 06/30/2016 |
21 | Banque Misr | Egypt | 37.389 | 06/30/2015 |
22 | Qatar Islamic Bank | Qatar | 36.979 | 06/30/2016 |
23 | Commercial Bank of Qatar | Qatar | 35.003 | 06/30/2016 |
24 | Banque Centrale Populaire | Morocco | 34.419 | 06/30/2016 |
25 | Bank Muscat | Oman | 34.021 | 06/30/2016 |
26 | Ahli United Bank (AUB) | Bahrain | 33.703 | 06/30/2016 |
27 | Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) | UAE | 33.090 | 06/30/2016 |
28 | Mashreq Bank | UAE | 31.227 | 06/30/2016 |
29 | Arab Banking Corp (Bank ABC) | Bahrain | 30.029 | 06/30/2016 |
30 | Blom Bank | Lebanon | 29.500 | 06/30/2016 |
31 | Saudi Hollandi Bank | Saudi Arabia | 29.003 | 06/30/2016 |
32 | Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur | Morocco | 28.801 | 06/30/2016 |
33 | Union National Bank | UAE | 27.840 | 06/30/2016 |
34 | Alinma Bank | Saudi Arabia | 26.214 | 06/30/2016 |
35 | Libyan Foreign Bank | Libya | 26.042 | 12/31/2013 |
36 | Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) | Saudi Arabia | 25.645 | 06/30/2016 |
37 | Al Baraka Banking Group | Bahrain | 25.044 | 06/30/2016 |
38 | Banque Nationale d'Algerie | Algeria | 24.761 | 12/31/2015 |
39 | Masraf Al Rayan | Qatar | 24.304 | 06/30/2016 |
40 | Doha Bank | Qatar | 24.017 | 06/30/2016 |
41 | Burgan Bank | Kuwait | 23.810 | 06/30/2016 |
42 | Banque Exterieure d'Algerie (BEA) | Algeria | 23.702 | 12/31/2015 |
43 | Gulf International Bank | Bahrain | 23.338 | 06/30/2016 |
44 | Commercial International Bank (CIB) | Egypt | 22.058 | 06/30/2016 |
45 | Byblos Bank | Lebanon | 20.997 | 06/30/2016 |
46 | Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | Saudi Arabia | 20.565 | 12/31/2014 |
47 | Fransabank | Lebanon | 19.994 | 12/31/2015 |
48 | Bank Aljazira | Saudi Arabia | 18.249 | 06/30/2016 |
49 | Gulf Bank | Kuwait | 18.142 | 06/30/2016 |
50 | QNB Alahli Bank * | Egypt | 17.147 | 09/30/2016 |
51 | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) | UAE | 16.711 | 06/30/2016 |
52 | Bank of Beirut | Lebanon | 16.579 | 06/30/2016 |
53 | BankMed | Lebanon | 15.551 | 12/31/2015 |
54 | Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait | Kuwait | 15.190 | 06/30/2016 |
55 | Emirates Islamic Bank | UAE | 14.489 | 12/31/2015 |
56 | Commercial Bank of Kuwait | Kuwait | 13.719 | 06/30/2016 |
57 | Arab African International Bank | Egypt | 13.229 | 06/30/2016 |
58 | Banque Libano-Francaise | Lebanon | 11.641 | 12/31/2015 |
59 | Qatar International Islamic Bank | Qatar | 11.620 | 06/30/2016 |
60 | Housing Bank for Trade & Finance | Jordan | 11.227 | 12/31/2015 |
61 | Al Hilal bank | UAE | 11.190 | 06/30/2016 |
62 | National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah | UAE | 11.138 | 06/30/2016 |
63 | Noor Bank | UAE | 10.747 | 12/31/2015 |
64 | BBK (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait) | Bahrain | 9.977 | 06/30/2016 |
65 | National Bank of Oman | Oman | 9.270 | 06/30/2016 |
* QNB Alahli Bank (S.A.E) (formerly National Societe Generale Bank) is one of the largest private banks in Egypt. It operates as a subsidiary of Qatar National Bank.