Employees
- Number of employees remains largely steady
Compared with the end of 2014, the number of BASF Group employees rose by 247 to a total of 113,539 as of June 30, 2015. On this date, 62.6% were employed in Europe while North America accounted for 15.3% of employees, Asia Pacific for 15.4% and South America, Africa, Middle East for 6.7%.
Personnel costs in the first half of 2015 grew by 12.5% to €5,271 million compared with the same period of the previous year. Aside from wage and salary increases, this development was predominantly the result of currency effects.
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Employees by region | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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June 30, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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Europe |
|
71,106 |
71,474 |
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Thereof Germany |
|
53,021 |
53,277 |
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North America |
|
17,339 |
17,120 |
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Asia Pacific |
|
17,538 |
17,060 |
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South America, Africa, Middle East |
|
7,556 |
7,638 |
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|
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113,539 |
113,292 |