The data displays the number of employees at BHP Billiton from 2009 to 2017, by region. BHP Billiton is a British-Australian global mining company, headquartered in London and Melbourne. The company is one of the top global players in the mining and metals sector. In 2017, BHP Billiton employed 6,361 people in South America. The greatest share of BHP Billiton employees resided in Australia as of mid-2017. The second-greatest share resided in South America.
Regional distribution of BHP Billiton employees BHP Billiton is a British-Australian global mining company, headquartered in London, England and Melbourne, Australia.
Total | 43238 | 47044 | 26827 | 26146 |
Australia | 19305 | 23048 | 15834 | 15906 |
South America | 8812 | 9337 | 6509 | 6361 |
Africa | 9358 | 9035 | ||
North America | 4117 | 4373 | 3601 | 2786 |
Asia | 1114 | 1105 | 822 | 1019 |
Europe | 532 | 146 | 61 | 74 |