Banking system concentration - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Bank concentration: percent of bank assets held by top three banks, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 13 countries was 69.07 percent. The highest value was in Lebanon: 99.69 percent and the lowest value was in Iraq: 29.27 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: Bankscope
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Countries Banking system concentration, 2021 Global rank Available data
Lebanon 99.69 1 2000 - 2021
Qatar 96.58 2 2000 - 2021
Kuwait 82.31 3 2000 - 2021
Bahrain 81.96 4 2000 - 2021
Egypt 74.52 5 2000 - 2021
UA Emirates 73.22 6 2000 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 73.12 7 2000 - 2021
Morocco 66.54 8 2000 - 2021
Oman 63.86 9 2000 - 2021
Jordan 63.09 10 2000 - 2021
Syria 49.17 11 2004 - 2021
Tunisia 44.53 12 2000 - 2021
Iraq 29.27 13 2005 - 2021


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Definition: Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.

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1. Lebanon
2. Qatar
3. Kuwait
4. Bahrain
5. Egypt
6. UA Emirates
7. Saudi Arabia
8. Morocco
9. Oman
10. Jordan
11. Syria
12. Tunisia
13. Iraq
99.69
96.58
82.31
81.96
74.52
73.22
73.12
66.54
63.86
63.09
49.17
44.53
29.27
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24.9
49.8
74.8
99.69


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