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Banking profitability decrease post COVID-19 pandemic GCC 2020, by country
There was a decrease of about 40 percent in the profitability of banks in Saudi Arabia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The average decrease in banking profitability for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in that year was 30 percent.