Composition of the World's Top 200 Banks

+++ A Geographic Breakdown - Dollar amounts in millions

% Share % Share No. of No. of

of Top of Top Banks in Banks in

200's 200's Top 200 Top 200

Country Assets 199Assets 1994 Assets '95Assets '9in 1995 in 1994

Australia 315,640 272,059 1.31 1.16 4 4

Austria 164,955 158,216 0.68 0.68 3 3

Belgium 663,453 522,393 2.75 2.23 7 7

Brazil 115,873 85,317 0.48 0.36 2 1

Canada 588,922 526,165 2.44 2.25 6 6

Denmark 116,132 91,831 0.48 0.39 2 2

Finland 63,540 65,736 0.26 0.28 1 2

France 2,021,673 1,769,771 8.37 7.55 9 9

Germany 3,336,858 2,643,444 13.82 11.28 21 20

Greece 46,387 39,517 0.19 0.17 1 1

India 42,185 38,795 0.17 0.17 1 1

Ireland 69,670 62,796 0.29 0.27 2 2

Israel 78,934 74,714 0.33 0.32 2 2

Italy 930,022 813,042 3.85 3.47 10 9

Japan 8,259,403 10,099,074 34.21 43.11 48 56

Korea 359,163 216,572 1.49 0.92 9 6

Luxembourg 60,426- 0.25- 2-

Mexico - 66,964- 0.29 0 2

Netherland 675,150 570,928 2.8 2.44 3 3

Portugal 114,703 39,196 0.48 0.17 3 1

Singapore 66,922 30,954 0.28 0.13 2 1

Spain 589,036 471,801 2.44 2.01 7 6

Sweden 257,371 217,106 1.07 0.93 4 4

Switzerlan 845,806 607,622 3.5 2.59 4 4

Taiwan 240,014 206,962 0.99 0.88 6 5

Thailand 41,126 35,557 0.17 0.15 1 1

United Kin 1,425,021 1,297,964 5.9 5.54 8 9

United Sta 2,654,489 2,403,776 11 10.26 32 33

Total 24,142,874 23,428,272 100 100 200 200 ===

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