The annual aggregate after-tax profits of banks reached 1.52% of Czech GDP in Q4 2024, which is above the long-term pre-forecast average of 1.43% from 2008-2019.The banking sector achieved the highest profitability relative to GDP in 2012, at 1.56%, while the lowest ratio of 0.81% was recorded in 2020.
Source of primary data
CNB ARAD
Note
Banks' profit (loss) after tax. Profit in absolute terms is expressed as an annual sum of four consecutive quarters and this sum is then expressed as a % of annual GDP.