Employee data

-1 Employee data Shell Investors’ Handbook 2013-2017
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Average number of employees by country

Thousands

 

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

[A]

Fewer than 500 employees.

[B]

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

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

France

[A]

[A]

1

1

1

Germany

5

4

5

5

5

Netherlands

8

9

9

9

8

Norway

1

1

1

1

1

Poland

3

3

2

2

2

UK

5

6

5

6

6

Other [B]

2

2

2

1

2

Total Europe

24

25

25

25

25

Asia

 

 

 

 

 

China

2

2

3

4

4

India

7

5

4

3

3

Iraq

1

1

1

[A]

[A]

Kazakhstan

1

1

–

–

–

Malaysia

5

6

7

7

6

Philippines

4

4

4

4

4

Qatar

1

1

1

1

1

Russia

1

1

1

1

1

Singapore

3

3

3

3

3

Thailand

1

1

–

–

–

Turkey

1

1

1

1

1

United Arab Emirates

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

1

1

3

3

3

Total Asia

29

28

29

28

27

Oceania

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

2

2

1

2

2

New Zealand

[A]

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

Total Oceania

2

2

1

2

3

Africa

 

 

 

 

 

Gabon

1

1

1

1

1

Nigeria

1

1

1

1

1

South Africa

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

[A]

1

[A]

[A]

[A]

Total Africa

3

4

3

3

3

North America

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

5

8

9

9

9

USA

19

21

22

22

22

Other [B]

[A]

[A]

[A]

1

[A]

Total North America

24

29

31

32

31

South America

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

3

2

2

2

2

Brazil

1

1

1

1

1

Other [B]

[A]

1

1

1

[A]

Total South America

4

4

4

4

3

Total

86

92

93

94

92
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Average number of employees by segment

Thousands

 

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

[A]

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

Integrated Gas

11

13

13

11

10

Upstream

18

22

22

22

21

Downstream

40

40

43

47

48

Corporate [A]

17

17

15

14

13

Total

86

92

93

94

92
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Employee expense

$ million

 

2017

2016[A]

2015

2014

2013

[A]

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

Remuneration

10,855

11,985

12,558

13,092

12,047

Social security contributions

844

867

830

944

907

Retirement benefits

1,815

2,181

2,984

1,516

2,849

Share-based compensation

802

693

750

804

572

Total

14,316

15,726

17,122

16,356

16,375