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| Rank 2001 | Rank 2000 | Bank | Country | Ended | Equity Capital ($mn) | Equity Growth (%) | Total Assets ($mn) | Asset Growth (%) | Net Profit ($mn) | Profit Growth (%) | 01 ROE (%) | 01 ROA (%) |
| 1 | 1 | Arab Banking Corporation | Bahrain | 12/01 | 2,347 | 1.1 | 26,586 | -0.3 | 102 | -19.7 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 4 | Arab Bank Group | Jordan | 12/01 | 2,315 | 10.1 | 22,228 | 4.3 | 251 | 4.0 | 10.8 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 6 | National Commercial Bank | S.Arabia | 12/01 | 2,275 | 40.8 | 26,500 | 2.3 | 275.7 | 6.15 | 12.86 | 1.12 |
| 4 | 2 | Saudi American Bank | S.Arabia | 12/01 | 2,243 | -2.4 | 20,623 | -4.3 | 601 | 12.3 | 26.8 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 3 | Riyad Bank | S.Arabia | 12/01 | 2,223 | 3.9 | 17,933 | 2.5 | 361 | 11.6 | 16.2 | 2.0 |
| 6 | 5 | Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corp. | S.Arabia | 12/01 | 1,794 | 3.8 | 13,816 | 6.3 | 412 | -23.3 | 22.9 | 3.0 |
| 7 | 7 | National Bank of Kuwait | Kuwait | 12/01 | 1,423 | 5.1 | 14,570 | 9.3 | 343 | 4.8 | 24.1 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 10 | Qatar National Bank | Qatar | 12/01 | 1,294 | 8.7 | 7,797 | 15.3 | 144 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 1.8 |
| 9 | 12 | Emirates Bank International | U.A.E. | 12/01 | 1,261 | 10.3 | 6,406 | 20.1 | 151 | 2.1 | ||
