| Largest banks by country | |||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholders’ equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on average equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) |
| Andorra | |||||||||||
| 1 | Crédit Andorra | Andorra | 1997 | 330 | 6.14 | 3,889 | 8.62 | 52 | 9.72 | 16.24 | 15.56 |
| 2 | Banc Internacional d’Andorra & Banca Mora | Andorra la Vella | 1996 | 232 | 5.19 | 3,519 | -2.22 | 56 | 10.45 | 24.96 | 8.13 |
| 3 | Banc Agricol i Comercial d’Andorra | Andorra | 1996 | 200 | 8.68 | 1,985 | 8.58 | 32 | 7.69 | 16.63 | 8.13 |
| Argentina | |||||||||||
| 1 | Banco Hipotecario Nacional | Buenos Aires | 1996 | 2,767 | 5.27 | 4,394 | 3.85 | 281 | -13.47 | 10.43 | -0.05 |
| 2 | Banco de la Nacion Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1996 | 1,934 | 3.29 | 13,468 | -5.92 | 71 | -408.52 | 3.72 | -0.05 |
| 3 | Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 1996 | 1,360 | 12.14 | 10,311 | 15.59 | 147 | 43.31 | 11.46 | -0.05 |
| 4 | Banco Rio de la Plata | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 885 | 36.64 | 8,866 | 43.97 | 285 | 215.58 | 37.19 | -0.05 |
| 5 | Banco de Galicia & Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 874 | 44.32 | 10,911 | 40.34 | 111 | 44.49 | 15.05 | -0.05 |
| 6 | Banco Inversion & Comercio Exterior | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 515 | 1.88 | 898 | 6.60 | 23 | 100.72 | 4.51 | -0.01 |
| 7 | Banco Bansud | Buenos Aires | 1997 | 422 | 10.84 | 3,643 | 31.42 | 43 | 191.80 | 10.64 | -0.05 |
| Armenia | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ardshinbank | Yerevan | 1997 | 3 | -8.41 | 30 | -33.92 | 0 | -90.71 | 12.21 | -30.51 |
| Aruba | |||||||||||
| 1 | Aruban Investment Bank | Oranjestad | 1996 | 13 | 32.24 | 40 | 14.13 | 1 | 50.34 | 7.84 | 0 |
| Australia | |||||||||||
| 1 | National Australia Bank | Melbourne | 1997 | 9,056 | 0.50 | 131,266 | 16.58 | 1,599 | 5.61 | 17.70 | 10.09 |
| 2 | Westpac Banking Corp | Sydney | 1997 | 5,907 | 3.99 | 77,538 | -2.35 | 931 | 13.92 | 16.07 | 10.09 |
| 3 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | Sydney | 1997 | 5,236 | -4.66 | 82,921 | 12.09 | 820 | -3.59 | 15.29 | 5.83 |
| 4 | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | Melbourne | 1997 | 5,034 | 10.37 | 89,400 | 9.34 | 743 | -8.27 | 15.49 | 10.09 |
| 5 | St George Bank | Kogara | 1997 | 2,605 | 148.39 | 32,328 | 133.36 | 164 | 42.75 | 9.00 | 10.09 |
| 6 | Suncorp-Metway | Brisbane | 1997 | 1,294 | 329.81 | 14,828 | 180.32 | 112 | 259.71 | 14.02 | 5.83 |
| 7 | State Bank of New South Wales | Sydney | 1996 | 559 | 26.15 | 13,277 | -3.18 | 61 | -27.15 | 12.11 | -6.47 |
| 8 | Bank of Western Australia | Perth | 1997 | 429 | 9.61 | 8,702 | 14.89 | 73 | 153.35 | 17.87 | 0.45 |
| 9 | Macquarie Bank | Sydney | 1997 | 393 | 16.94 | 4,831 | 18.72 | 92 | 25.43 | 25.21 | -0.91 |
| Austria | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bank Austria | Vienna | 1997 | 4,245 | 6.65 | 123,915 | 69.47 | 444 | 24.09 | 10.79 | 15.33 |
| 2 | Erste Bank der Österreichischen Sparkassen | Vienna | 1997 | 1,587 | 9.91 | 54,293 | 3.85 | 17 | -86.18 | 1.10 | 15.33 |
| 3 | Raiffeisen Zentralbank | Vienna | 1997 | 1,066 | 7.04 | 24,059 | 11.45 | 103 | 32.83 | 10.03 | 15.33 |
| 4 | Bank für Arbeit & Wirtschaft | Vienna | 1996 | 898 | 4.62 | 22,054 | 3.77 | 69 | 7.37 | 7.87 | 8.58 |
| 5 | Österreichische Postsparkasse | Vienna | 1997 | 820 | 3.99 | 21,505 | 5.56 | 35 | -52.55 | 4.34 | 15.33 |
| 6 | Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich | Vienna | 1996 | 516 | 2.96 | 9,867 | 8.34 | 27 | -4.39 | 5.23 | 8.58 |
| 7 | Österreichische Volksbanke | Vienna | 1996 | 468 | 63.26 | 7,067 | 9.67 | 38 | 46.95 | 9.96 | 8.58 |
| 8 | Oberbank | Salzburg | 1996 | 393 | 5.87 | 7,973 | 10.07 | 31 | 50.64 | 8.16 | 8.58 |
| 9 | Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich | Linz | 1996 | 332 | 14.74 | 8,177 | 9.32 | 29 | 1.06 | 9.27 | 8.58 |
| Azerbaijan | |||||||||||
| 1 | Most Bank | Baki | 1996 | 1 | 68.78 | 4 | 512.12 | 0 | 4438.16 | -23.31 | -7.7 |
| 2 | International Bank of Azerbaijan Rebublic | Baki | 1996 | 0 | -103.79 | 299 | -8.07 | 4 | -160.07 | -90.81 | -7.7 |
