Employee data

Average number of employees by country

Thousands

 

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

[A]

Fewer than 500 employees.

[B]

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

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

France

[A]

1

1

1

1

Germany

4

5

5

5

4

Netherlands

9

9

9

8

8

Norway

1

1

1

1

1

Poland

3

2

2

2

2

UK

6

5

6

6

5

Other [B]

2

2

1

2

3

Total Europe

25

25

25

25

24

Asia

 

 

 

 

 

China

2

3

4

4

4

India

5

4

3

3

3

Iraq

1

1

[A]

[A]

[A]

Kazakhstan

1

Malaysia

6

7

7

6

6

Philippines

4

4

4

4

4

Qatar

1

1

1

1

1

Russia

1

1

1

1

[A]

Singapore

3

3

3

3

3

Thailand

1

Turkey

1

1

1

1

1

United Arab Emirates

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

1

3

3

3

2

Total Asia

28

29

28

27

25

Oceania

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

2

1

2

2

2

New Zealand

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

1

Total Oceania

2

1

2

3

3

Africa

 

 

 

 

 

Gabon

1

1

1

1

1

Nigeria

1

1

1

1

1

South Africa

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

1

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

Total Africa

4

3

3

3

3

North America

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

8

9

9

9

8

USA

21

22

22

22

20

Other [B]

[A]

[A]

1

[A]

1

Total North America

29

31

32

31

29

South America

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

2

2

2

2

2

Brazil

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

1

1

1

[A]

[A]

Total South America

4

4

4

3

3

Total

92

93

94

92

87

Average number of employees by segment

Thousands

 

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

[A]

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

Integrated Gas

13

13

11

10

N/A

Upstream

22

22

22

21

N/A

Integrated Gas and Upstream

35

35

33

31

26

Downstream

40

43

47

48

48

Corporate [A]

17

15

14

13

13

Total

92

93

94

92

87

Employee expense

$ million

 

2016[A]

2015

2014

2013

2012

[A]

In addition, there were redundancy costs of $1,441 million.

Remuneration

11,985

12,558

13,092

12,047

11,133

Social security contributions

867

830

944

907

789

Retirement benefits

2,181

2,984

1,516

2,849

2,279

Share-based compensation

693

750

804

572

909

Total

15,726

17,122

16,356

16,375

15,110