Private bank lending in Saudi Arabia rose 7.4% year-on-year to SAR 3,208,973 million in March 2026, following an 8.8% increase in February. Loan Growth in Saudi Arabia averaged 12.80 percent from 2001 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 46.99 percent in October of 2004 and a record low of -1.40 percent in June of 2017. source: Saudi Central Bank
Loan Growth in Saudi Arabia is expected to be 15.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Saudi Arabia Bank Lending Growth is projected to trend around 13.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.