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following table:
to a greater extent, significantly impact the geographical distribution of Group employees. This development is summarized in the
in 2015, an on-going strong organic growth, notably in Asia-Pacific, and the post-2009 economic crisis that affected continental Europe
The data above on headcount as of December 31, 2016 encompasses the whole Group scope (coverage 100%). The IGATE acquisition
December 31, 2014
December 31, 2015
December 31, 2016
Headcount
% Headcount
%
Headcount√
%
North America
9,874
6.9% 16,034
8.9% 16,895
8.8%
United Kingdom & Ireland
8,766
6.1% 8,656
4.8% 9,025
4.7%
Nordic countries
4,145
2.9% 4,007
2.2% 4,067
2.1%
Benelux
8,547
6.0% 8,307
4.6% 8,037
4.2%
Germany and Central Europe
10,596
7.4% 11,342
6.3% 12,464
6.4%
France
23,637
16.5% 23,882
13.2% 24,504
12.7%
Southern Europe
7,446
5.2% 7,434
4.1% 8,075
4.2%
Asia-Pacific
59,854
41.7% 91,584
50.7% 101,422
52.5%
Latin America
10,778
7.5% 9,393
5.2% 8,589
4.4%
TOTAL
143,643
100% 180,639
100%
193,077
100%
kept growing by 5.4% in 2016. The ongoing difficult economic
which increased by 62% in 2015 thanks to the IGATE acquisition
16% growth in the rest of the APAC region. North America region
points thanks to an organic growth in India of 9.3% and an above
2016.
America whose share dropped by 3 points between 2014 and
situation in Brazil explains the headcount decrease in Latin
result, the share of this region has grown further in 2016 by 1.8
100,000 employees in December 2016 to close at 101,422. As a
present in India, kept growing and exceeded the bar of
2015, as a result of the IGATE acquisition which was primarily
The share of the APAC region which increased by 9 points in
percentage-wise lower in 2016.
the headcount remained very stable but its share is
less than one percent, to up to 6% in South Europe. In France,
Other European geographies experienced growth ranging from
development of the Business and Infrastructure Services in Poland
Group workforce. Growth in Central Europe is notably due to the
than 96,600 in 2016. The country represents now 50% of the total
for the fourth year in a row, due to a difficult economic situation.
The Benelux is the main region in Europe to see its headcount fall
to slightly above 7,500 at year end 2016 in these two countries.
and Romania, which went from less than 500 employees in 2004
headcount rising from slightly under 2,000 people in 2004 to more
Moreover, India saw a very strong growth in recent years with its
2014-2016 changes
Breakdown of workforce by length of service:
december 2014
december 2015
december 2016
25.0%
22.7%
25.5%
27.6%
31.6%
31.0%
16.1%
15.0%
13.4%
17.3%
17.8%
16.8%
14.0%
13.5%
12.8%
< 1 year
1-2 years
3-4 years
5-9 years 10 years and +
consideration.
the date of integration into Capgemini, which is taken into
that it is the date of recruitment by the acquired company, and not
stands at 4.6 years in 2016. This varies according to the
over last 3 years. The average length of service in the Group
of our headcount) is clearly due to this high level of recruitment
percentage of employees with less than three years’ service (57%
the purpose of calculating length of service, it should be noted
Benelux countries, 7.8 years in France, or 7.6 years in the UK. For
Asia-Pacific (where lies the majority of recruitments) to 8.8 in the
geographical area, ranging from 2.8 years in India, or 3.1 in
percentage of people of less than one year seniority. The high
recruits in 2016 (above 53,700), explaining the growth in the
growing number of recruits reaching a record high number of
Group’s recruitment dynamics over the last five years, with a
headcount. Changes for average length of service reflect the
The coverage rate for the data above is 97% of year-end