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In the case of regional focuses, there are Regional distribution of personnel, Regional breakdown: Member companies' direct investment abroad
visible shifts in terms of both headcount 2020
and capital stock 2019 2020
In terms of capital holdings of our member Capital Personal Capital Personal
companies, the relative importance of the rest of
Europe and Africa increased. In Asia, however, million million
the capital stock decreased. This is also primarily CHF % absolute % CHF % absolute %
an effect of the changes in membership. There
were also shifts in the regional distribution of the EU 230'621 52 563'978 38 249'212 52 557'941 35
workforce. The headcount in Africa and Latin
America/Caribbean increased significantly. In the Rest of Europe 5'061 1 71'261 5 15'319 3 74'217 5
(excluding
EU, on the other hand, there was a decline in Switzerland)
headcount, also in absolute terms. EU
Übriges Europa (ohne Schweiz) USA, Canada 119'175 27 224'062 15 122'853 26 233'629 15
USA, Kanada
Latin America,
Lateinamerika, Karibik Caribbean 35'323 8 169'364 11 40'394 8 183'768 12
Asien, Australien, Ozeanien
Asia, Australia,
Afrika 48'176 11 423'173 28 43'207 9 445'486 28
Oceania
Africa 2'619 1 51'199 3 8'301 2 77'071 5

Total 440'976 100 1'503'036 100 479'286 100 1'572'111 100
Source: Swiss National Bank

* Rounding can lead to differences between the totals and the sums of the components.