| 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 (%) |
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kazkommertsbank | Almaty | 1997 | 111 | 222.42 | 464 | 79.99 | 29 | 44.60 | 39.04 | 3.07 |
| 2 | State Export Import Bank of Kazakhstan | Almaty | 1996 | 44 | 75.82 | 94 | 116.00 | 16 | -213.17 | 46.35 | 14.62 |
| 3 | Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan | Almaty | 1996 | 33 | 43.77 | 396 | 17.28 | 8 | 214.75 | 27.64 | 14.62 |
| 4 | ABN Amro Bank (Kazakhstan) | Almaty | 1996 | 14 | 555.42 | 63 | 65.45 | 3 | 35.46 | 32.96 | 14.62 |
| Kenya | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kenya Commercial Bank | Nairobi | 1996 | 148 | 26.71 | 1,240 | 17.88 | 45 | 5.40 | 34.35 | -1.48 |
| 2 | National Bank of Kenya | Nairobi | 1996 | 58 | 6.61 | 444 | 33.91 | 9 | 35.68 | 16.25 | -0.81 |
| 3 | Co-operative Bank of Kenya | Nairobi | 1997 | 42 | 12.90 | 314 | 22.82 | 4 | 60.58 | 11.17 | 14.05 |
| Kuwait | |||||||||||
| 1 | National Bank of Kuwait | Safat | 1997 | 1,214 | 4.43 | 13,506 | 5.09 | 233 | 3.50 | 19.58 | 1.67 |
| 2 | Gulf Bank | Safat | 1997 | 568 | 7.64 | 5,685 | 6.95 | 111 | 12.71 | 20.17 | 1.67 |
| 3 | Burgan Bank | Safat | 1997 | 491 | 1.35 | 3,755 | 18.53 | 40 | 15.24 | 8.14 | 1.67 |
| 4 | Commercial Bank of Kuwait | Safat | 1997 | 483 | 7.05 | 4,180 | 11.76 | 72 | 33.33 | 15.45 | 1.67 |
| 5 | Alahli Bank of Kuwait | Safat | 1996 | 416 | 5.13 | 3,929 | -4.89 | 20 | 46.34 | 4.92 | 0.32 |
| 6 | Kuwait Finance House | Safat | 1996 | 368 | 23.24 | 4,734 | 1.74 | 115 | 9.55 | 34.43 | 0.32 |
| 7 | Bank of Kuwait & Middle East | Safat | 1996 | 269 | 11.48 | 2,971 | -5.65 | 20 | 114.29 | 7.85 | 0.32 |
| 8 | Kuwait Real Estate Bank | Safat | 1996 | 234 | 3.55 | 1,239 | 4.29 | 21 | 50.00 | 9.14 | 0.32 |
