Bank operating profit rose 8.31% to CRC 874,311 mil in Costa Rica in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank operating profit in Costa Rica reached an all time high of CRC 874,311 mil in 2017 and an all time low of CRC 335,192 mil in 2009. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, bank operating profit in Guatemala amounted to GTQ 7,391 mil, HNL 21,774 mil in Honduras, NIO 9,614 mil in Nicaragua and PAB 2,107 mil in Panama in 2017.
Costa Rica has been ranked 8th within the group of 76 countries we follow in terms of bank operating profit, 8 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 297,248 | 315,873 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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