Bank operating profit rose 16.9% to PAB 2,107 mil in Panama in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank operating profit in Panama reached an all time high of PAB 2,107 mil in 2017 and an all time low of PAB 1,157 mil in 2010. When compared to Panama's main peers, bank operating profit in Colombia amounted to COP 27,892,412 mil, CRC 874,311 mil in Costa Rica, HNL 21,774 mil in Honduras and NIO 9,614 mil in Nicaragua in 2017.
Panama has been ranked 60th within the group of 76 countries we follow in terms of bank operating profit, 60 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Operating Profit (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | BZD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -208 | -217 | -219 | -202 | ||
| Brazil | BRL mil | ... | ... | ... | 186,240 | 226,627 | -227,971 | -245,606 | -257,095 | |||||||||||||
| Colombia | COP mil | ... | ... | ... | 28,209,291 | 27,892,412 | 31,644,242 | 33,552,244 | 33,741,692 | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | CRC mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 807,235 | 874,311 | 958,620 | 1,007,427 | 987,795 | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | SVC mil | ... | ... | ... | 214 | 390 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | GTQ mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,840 | 7,391 | 7,734 | 9,662 | 11,064 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Honduras | HNL mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,923 | 21,774 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mexico | MXN mil | 262,851 | 324,457 | 344,934 | 354,912 | 328,863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | NIO mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,478 | 9,614 | 10,648 | 9,444 | 7,572 | ||||||||||
| Panama | PAB mil | ... | ... | ... | 1,803 | 2,107 | -1,909 | -1,976 | -1,820 | |||||||||||||
| Peru | PEN mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16,564 | 17,547 | 19,117 | 21,268 | 18,110 | ||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 297,248 | 315,873 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | VEF mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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