Employee costs and numbers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Additional information [abstract]

Employee costs and average number of employees

			$ million
Employee costs	2019	2018	2017
Wages and salariesa	7,497	7,931	7,572
Social security costs	733	743	711
Share-based paymentsb	694	669	624
Pension and other post-retirement benefit costs	948	1,154	1,296
	9,872	10,497	10,203

			2019			2018			2017
Average number of employeesc	US	Non-US	Total	US	Non-US	Total	US	Non-US	Total
Upstream	5,800	11,000	16,800	5,900	11,500	17,400	6,200	12,200	18,400
Downstreamd	5,700	37,300	43,000	6,000	36,300	42,300	6,100	35,900	42,000
Other businesses and corporatee	2,100	10,600	12,700	1,900	12,100	14,000	1,900	12,400	14,300
	13,600	58,900	72,500	13,800	59,900	73,700	14,200	60,500	74,700

^a Includes termination costs of $182 million (2018$493 million and 2017$189 million).

^b The group provides certain employees with shares and share options as part of their remuneration packages. The majority of these share-based payment arrangements are equity-settled.

^c Reported to the nearest 100.

^d Includes 18,100 (201817,100 and 201716,500) service station staff.

^e Includes 2,500 (20184,000 and 20174,700) agricultural, operational and seasonal workers in Brazil.