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Number of employees of Shell from 2010 to 2024

Characteristic	Number of employees
2024	96,000
2023	103,000
2022	93,000
2021	82,000
2020	87,000
2019*	87,000
2018	81,000
2017	83,000
2016	91,000
2015	93,000
2014	94,000
2013	92,000
2012	87,000
2011	90,000
2010	97,000

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March 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2010 to 2024

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* Figures were revised in 2020 report. From 2018 onward figures reflect actual employment as at December 31, 2020. Data before 2018 showed annual average employment.

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This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.

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Shell, former Royal Dutch Shell, employed approximately 96,000 people worldwide in 2024. Shell is one of the top six publicly traded oil and gas companies (also known as ‘Big Oil) worldwide, operating in every segment of the oil and gas industry. It is also one of the largest companies worldwide by revenue. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was established through a merger of United Kingdom-based Shell Transport and Trading Company and the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands.

Shell - the global employer

Shell employs people all around the world. In 2024, the majority of its workforce was located in Asia, at 36,000. Following Asia was Europe, with 30,000 employees, then North America with 23,000 employees. Africa had 3,000 employees. South America had the least number of employees, at 2,000.

Oil and gas sector employment

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