Employee data

Actual number of employees by countryThousands

 

2019

2018[C]

2017[C]

2016

2015

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

France

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

Germany

3

3

3

3

5

Netherlands

9

9

9

11

9

Norway

1

1

1

1

1

Poland

4

4

3

3

2

UK

5

5

6

6

5

Other [B]

2

2

2

2

2

Total Europe

24

24

24

26

25

Asia

 

 

 

 

 

China

2

2

2

2

3

India

9

7

7

5

4

Iraq

[A]

[A]

1

1

1

Kazakhstan

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

Malaysia

5

5

5

6

7

Philippines

5

5

4

4

4

Qatar

1

1

1

1

1

Russia

1

1

1

1

1

Singapore

3

3

3

3

3

Thailand

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

Turkey

1

1

1

1

1

United Arab Emirates

[A]

1

1

1

1

Oman

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

Other [B]

3

3

3

2

3

Total Asia

30

28

28

28

29

Oceania

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

2

2

2

2

1

New Zealand

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

Total Oceania

2

2

2

2

1

Africa

 

 

 

 

 

Gabon

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

1

Nigeria

3

3

3

3

1

South Africa

[A]

[A]

1

1

1

Other [B]

1

1

1

1

[A]

Total Africa

4

4

5

6

3

North America

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

4

4

4

8

9

USA

17

17

17

21

22

Other [B]

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

Total North America

21

21

21

29

31

South America

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

[A]

[A]

1

1

2

Brazil

1

1

1

2

1

Other [B]

1

1

1

1

1

Total South America

2

2

3

4

4

Total

83

81

83

95

93

[A]

Fewer than 500 employees.

[B]

Countries with fewer than 500 employees in each of the last five years.

[C]

As revised, numbers have been changed from average number to actual number to align with current year definition. These numbers exclude the 4,000 employees in certain New Energies and Downstream companies.

Average number of employees by segmentThousands

 

2019

2018[C]

2017[C]

2016

2015

Integrated Gas

10

9

8

9

13

Upstream

14

14

16

18

22

Downstream

36

39

42

46

43

Corporate [A]

23

20

19

18

15

Total

83[B]

82[B]

85[B]

91[B]

93

[A]

Includes all employees working in business service centres irrespective of the segment they support.

[B]

Excludes employees seconded to joint ventures and associates (2019: 3,000 employees, 2018: 3,000 employees, 2017: 3,000 employees; 2016: 4,000 employees).

[C]

As revised.

Employee expense$ million

 

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Remuneration

10,075

10,167

10,855

11,985

12,558

Social security contributions

844

810

844

867

830

Retirement benefits

1,753

1,878

1,815

2,181

2,984

Share-based compensation

537

531

802

693

750

Total

13,209[A]

13,386[A]

14,316[A]

15,726[A]

17,122

[A]

Excludes employees seconded to joint ventures and associates.