Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 Table: Levels
(SARbn) — 5 Table: Levels (US$bn) — 5
Table: Levels At December 31 2007 — 5 Table: Average
Annual Growth Rate Projections, 2008-2013 (%) — 5 Table:
Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In Q208 — 6 Table:
Projected Levels (SARbn) — 6 Table: Projected Levels
(US$bn) — 6 Key Issues — 7 Saudi
Arabia Commercial Banking SWOT — 9 Saudi Arabia Political
SWOT — 9 Saudi Arabia Economic
SWOT — 10 Saudi Arabia Business Environment
SWOT — 10 Changes To The Commercial Banking
Report — 11 The Global Financial Crisis –
Continued — 11 Table: Selected European Countries –
Projected Budget And Current Account, 2008 (as % of
GDP) — 13 New Information From
Q209 — 16 Commercial Banking Business Environment
Rating — 17 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Commercial Banking
Business Environment Ratings — 17 Table: Middle East And
Africa Commercial Banking Business Environment
Ratings — 19 Bank Lending — 20 Lending
Overview — 20 Table: Lending Overview
(SARbn) — 20 Total Assets, Client Loans And Client
Deposits — 21 Table: Comparison Of Total Assets, Client
Loans And Client Deposits (US$bn) — 21 Per-Capita
Deposits — 22 Table: Comparison Of Per-Capita Deposits,
Late 2007 (US$) — 22 Country
Update — 23 Macroeconomic Trends And
Developments — 23 Table: Saudi Arabia – Economic
Activity — 25 Political Outlook — 26
Industry Forecast Scenario — 29 Table: Average Annual
Growth Rate Projections, 2008-2013 (%) — 29 Table:
Projected Levels (SARbn) — 29 Table: Projected Levels
(US$bn) — 29 Comment On Developments Over
2007 — 29 Comment On Forecasts — 30
Comment On Trends and Ratios — 31 Table: Comparison Of
Loan/Deposit, Loan/Asset And Loan/GDP Ratios, Late 2007/ Early
2008 — 31 Banks’ Bond
Portfolios — 34 Table: Bond Portfolios, Late
2007 — 34 Competitive Landscape And
Protagonists — 36 Country Snapshot: Saudi Arabia
Demographic Data — 37 Section 1:
Population — 37 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 37 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 38 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 38 Table: Education,
2003-2005 — 38 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 38 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 39 Table: Employment Indicators,
1999-2006 — 39 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 39 Methodology — 40 Basis Of
Projections — 41 Commercial Bank Business Environment
Rating — 41 Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment
Indicators And Rationale — 43 Table: Weighting Of
Indicators — 44
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