Web table 28.

The world's top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2013 a
(Millions of dollars and number of employees)

Ranking by: Assets Sales Employment

Foreign TNI b
TNI b Corporation Home economy Industry c Foreign Total Foreign Total Foreign d Total
assets (Per cent)

1 81 General Electric Co United States Electrical & electronic equipment 331 160 656 560 74 382 142 937 135 000 307 000 48.8
2 34 Royal Dutch Shell plc United Kingdom Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 301 898 357 512 275 651 451 235 67 000 92 000 72.8
3 67 Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Motor vehicles 274 380 403 088 171 231 256 381 137 000 333 498 e
58.6
4 56 Exxon Mobil Corporation United States Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 231 033 346 808 237 438 390 247 45 216 75 000 62.6
5 21 Total SA France Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 226 717 238 870 175 703 227 901 65 602 98 799 79.5
6 38 BP plc United Kingdom Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 202 899 305 690 250 372 379 136 64 300 83 900 69.7
7 9 Vodafone Group Plc United Kingdom Telecommunications 182 837 202 763 59 059 69 276 83 422 91 272 e
88.9
8 68 Volkswagen Group Germany Motor vehicles 176 656 446 555 211 488 261 560 317 800 572 800 58.6
9 66 Chevron Corporation United States Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 175 736 253 753 122 982 211 664 32 600 64 600 59.3
10 36 Eni SpA Italy Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 141 021 190 125 109 886 152 313 56 509 83 887 71.2
11 73 Enel SpA Italy Electricity, gas and water 140 396 226 006 61 867 106 924 37 125 71 394 57.3
12 17 Glencore Xstrata PLC Switzerland Mining & quarrying 135 080 154 932 153 912 232 694 180 527 190 000 82.8
13 3 Anheuser-Busch InBev NV Belgium Food, beverages and tobacco 134 549 141 666 39 414 43 195 144 887 154 587 93.3
14 97 EDF SA France Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 130 161 353 574 46 978 100 364 28 975 158 467 34.0
15 1 Nestlé SA Switzerland Food, beverages and tobacco 124 730 129 969 98 034 99 669 322 996 333 000 97.1
16 33 E.ON AG Germany Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 124 429 179 988 115 072 162 573 49 809 62 239 73.3
17 75 GDF Suez France Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 121 402 219 759 72 133 118 561 73 000 147 199 55.2
18 59 Deutsche Telekom AG Germany Telecommunications 120 350 162 671 50 049 79 835 111 953 228 596 61.9
19 64 Apple Computer Inc United States Electrical & electronic equipment 119 918 207 000 104 713 170 910 50 322 84 400 59.6
20 31 Honda Motor Co Ltd Japan Motor vehicles 118 476 151 965 96 055 118 176 120 985 190 338 e
74.3
21 88 Mitsubishi Corporation Japan Wholesale trade 112 762 148 752 17 645 75 734 19 790 65 975 e
43.0
22 25 Siemens AG Germany Electrical & electronic equipment 110 462 137 863 85 441 99 543 244 000 362 000 77.8
23 8 ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Metal and metal products 109 602 112 308 74 369 79 440 175 565 232 000 89.0
24 46 Iberdrola SA Spain Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 108 679 127 235 23 534 44 106 18 702 30 680 66.6
25 58 Johnson & Johnson United States Pharmaceuticals 96 803 132 683 39 402 71 312 75 220 128 100 62.3
26 44 Nissan Motor Co Ltd Japan Motor vehicles 95 228 143 029 81 172 104 606 93 240 160 530 e
67.4
27 16 Hutchison Whampoa Limited Hong Kong, China Diversified 91 436 105 169 26 133 33 035 215 265 260 000 82.9
28 19 Fiat S.p.A. Italy Motor vehicles 90 985 119 474 106 053 115 263 163 082 225 587 80.2
29 69 Pfizer Inc United States Pharmaceuticals 90 403 172 101 31 310 51 584 48 268 77 700 58.4
30 41 BMW AG Germany Motor vehicles 88 370 190 511 85 319 100 980 80 667 110 351 68.0
31 96 Wal-Mart Stores Inc United States Retail & Trade 88 206 204 751 137 613 476 294 800 000 2 200 000 36.1
32 78 Daimler AG Germany Motor vehicles 87 257 232 023 116 526 156 641 107 101 274 616 50.3
33 53 Telefonica SA Spain Telecommunications 87 156 163 654 58 237 75 758 76 969 126 730 63.6
34 48 Mitsui & Co Ltd Japan Wholesale trade 86 023 107 016 22 208 57 286 36 291 45 148 e
66.5
35 87 Ford Motor Company United States Motor vehicles 79 092 203 752 61 458 146 917 97 000 181 000 44.7
36 100 CITIC Group China Diversified 78 602 565 884 f
9 561 55 487 25 285 125 215 17.1
37 98 Statoil ASA Norway Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 78 185 144 741 23 953 105 446 3 077 23 413 30.0
38 35 Airbus Group NV France Aircraft 77 614 128 474 72 525 78 672 89 551 144 061 71.6
39 37 Novartis AG Switzerland Pharmaceuticals 71 941 126 254 57 185 57 920 73 081 135 696 69.9
40 60 Procter & Gamble Co United States Diversified 70 981 139 263 51 342 84 167 88 751 121 000 61.8
41 13 Hon Hai Precision Industries Taiwan Province of China Electrical & electronic equipment 70 659 77 089 131 557 133 362 810 993 1 290 000 84.4
42 91 General Motors Co United States Motor vehicles 70 074 166 344 56 900 155 427 104 000 219 000 42.1
43 2 Anglo American plc United Kingdom Mining & quarrying 68 955 71 165 27 266 29 342 95 900 98 000 95.9
44 50 BHP Billiton Group Ltd Australia Mining & quarrying 67 649 139 178 61 371 65 953 27 543 49 496 65.8
45 51 Repsol YPF SA Spain Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 66 011 89 613 35 019 74 012 21 510 30 296 64.0
46 62 International Business Machines Corporation United States Electrical & electronic equipment 60 841 126 223 64 942 99 751 306 758 431 212 61.5
47 49 BASF SE Germany Chemicals 58 323 88 644 79 032 98 212 59 683 112 206 66.5
48 45 Rio Tinto PLC United Kingdom Mining & quarrying 58 059 111 025 49 440 51 171 34 383 66 331 66.9
49 89 Microsoft Corporation United States Prepackaged software 57 087 142 431 36 505 77 849 41 000 99 000 42.8
50 18 Unilever PLC United Kingdom Diversified 55 769 62 664 48 182 66 114 140 000 174 000 80.8
51 20 BG Group plc United Kingdom Oil and gas field exploration 55 026 65 974 15 922 19 192 4 048 5 536 79.8
52 63 Hewlett-Packard Co United States Electrical & electronic equipment 54 548 105 676 72 014 112 298 207 421 317 500 60.4
53 94 ConocoPhillips United States Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 54 430 118 057 26 459 54 413 5 266 18 400 41.1
54 26 Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA France Non-metallic mineral products 53 704 62 957 40 204 55 795 140 794 187 726 77.5
55 7 SABMiller PLC United Kingdom Food, beverages and tobacco 53 332 53 751 18 492 22 311 59 997 70 486 e
89.1
56 84 Orange France Telecommunications 52 362 118 178 23 238 54 409 85 472 165 488 46.2
57 85 RWE AG Germany Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 52 336 111 688 30 905 68 233 28 287 66 341 44.9
58 27 Roche Group Switzerland Pharmaceuticals 50 837 67 084 49 907 50 475 47 562 85 080 76.9
59 32 Mondelez International, Inc. United States Food, beverages and tobacco 50 834 72 557 28 308 35 299 76 428 107 000 73.9
60 55 Sumitomo Corporation Japan Wholesale trade 49 662 84 326 17 396 33 105 56 867 73 953 e
62.8
61 30 GlaxoSmithKline PLC United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals 49 460 69 403 37 684 41 440 61 084 99 451 74.5
62 95 Petronas - Petroliam Nasional Bhd Malaysia Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 49 072 163 275 f
71 939 94 543 5 244 46 145 39.2
63 52 AP Moller - Maersk A/S Denmark Transport and storage 48 730 74 451 43 931 47 397 29 701 88 909 63.8
64 65 Sanofi France Pharmaceuticals 48 403 132 266 40 199 43 748 55 786 112 128 59.4
65 42 Vattenfall AB Sweden Electricity, gas and water 47 667 75 105 18 491 26 363 22 301 31 819 67.9
66 83 Vale SA Brazil Mining & quarrying 47 247 124 289 38 734 47 130 15 894 83 286 46.4
67 70 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Korea, Republic of Electrical & electronic equipment 46 425 203 671 188 833 209 727 149 298 240 000 58.3
68 47 Schlumberger Ltd United States Other consumer services 45 507 67 100 31 369 45 266 76 857 123 000 66.5
69 24 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC United Kingdom Tobacco 45 444 45 872 36 301 44 115 19 200 35 300 78.6
70 90 United Technologies Corporation United States Aircraft 44 786 90 594 26 632 62 626 76 320 212 000 42.7
71 28 Christian Dior SA France Textiles 43 908 71 981 34 235 38 511 86 102 108 546 76.4
72 92 Tesco PLC United Kingdom Retail & Trade 43 488 83 565 32 127 99 604 223 899 537 784 e
42.0
73 80 China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company China Transport and storage 43 452 56 126 f
19 139 29 101 4 400 130 000 48.9
74 5 Linde AG Germany Chemicals 43 048 45 090 20 357 22 112 54 218 63 487 91.0
75 76 Sony Corporation Japan Electrical & electronic equipment 42 239 149 161 55 565 77 510 94 071 146 300 e
54.8
76 4 British American Tobacco PLC United Kingdom Food, beverages and tobacco 41 940 44 329 23 616 23 859 45 906 57 730 91.0
77 74 Caterpillar Inc United States Construction 41 526 84 896 33 894 55 656 68 073 118 501 55.8
78 23 Lafarge SA France Non-metallic mineral products 41 484 51 046 15 787 20 178 49 256 63 687 78.9
79 15 Volvo AB Sweden Motor vehicles 41 185 53 242 40 477 41 862 72 945 95 533 83.5
80 93 Google Inc. United States Software 40 916 110 920 33 057 59 825 16 080 47 756 41.9
81 72 Renault SA France Motor vehicles 40 866 103 252 41 062 54 344 70 814 121 807 57.8
82 57 Marubeni Corporation Japan Wholesale trade 40 677 70 578 45 041 70 409 22 031 33 566 e
62.4
83 40 ABB Ltd. Switzerland Engineerig services 39 893 48 064 27 463 41 848 82 700 147 700 68.2
84 14 AstraZeneca PLC United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals 39 700 55 899 23 892 25 711 44 892 51 600 83.6
85 39 Liberty Global plc United Kingdom Telecommunications 38 129 67 714 10 821 14 474 26 250 35 000 68.7
86 54 Carrefour SA France Retail & Trade 37 913 59 981 51 594 98 644 267 590 364 795 63.0
87 29 OMV AG Austria Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 37 282 43 765 36 754 56 313 20 878 27 344 75.6
88 82 ITOCHU Corporation Japan Wholesale trade 37 075 76 347 17 502 55 193 47 269 77 513 e
47.1
89 6 Barrick Gold Corporation Canada Gold mining 36 911 37 448 12 233 12 511 17 383 24 360 89.2
90 79 The Coca-Cola Company United States Food, beverages and tobacco 36 860 90 055 27 576 46 854 63 800 130 600 49.5
91 61 Cargill United States Food 35 928 59 880 86 092 136 654 87 000 140 000 61.7
92 86 Pepsico Inc United States Food, beverages and tobacco 35 863 77 478 32 789 66 415 106 000 274 000 44.8
93 10 WPP PLC United Kingdom Business services 35 649 41 236 15 018 17 229 105 190 117 115 87.8
94 43 Deutsche Post AG Germany Transport and storage 35 489 48 848 50 466 73 135 266 360 435 285 67.6
95 77 Merck & Co United States Pharmaceuticals 34 552 105 645 25 787 44 033 46 900 76 000 51.0
96 11 Diageo PLC United Kingdom Food, beverages and tobacco 34 431 38 157 14 424 17 928 15 222 17 545 85.8
97 22 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Israel Pharmaceuticals 34 376 47 508 16 449 20 314 37 782 44 945 79.1
98 99 China National Offshore Oil Corp China Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 34 276 129 834 f
21 887 83 537 3 387 102 562 18.6
99 71 Japan Tobacco Inc Japan Food, beverages and tobacco 34 054 44 858 11 640 23 948 24 397 49 507 e
57.9
100 12 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Netherlands Electrical & electronic equipment 33 901 36 568 30 102 30 973 74 852 116 681 84.7

Source: UNCTAD.
a
Preliminary results based on data from the companies' financial reporting; corresponds to the financial year from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
b
TNI, the Transnationality Index, is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets to total assets, foreign sales to total sales and foreign employment to total employment.
c
Industry classification for companies follows the United States Standard Industrial Classification as used by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
d
In a number of cases foreign employment data were calculated by applying the share of foreign employment in total employment of the previous year to total employment of 2013.
e
Employment data refers to revised 2012 figures, as data were not yet available.
f
Data refers to 2012.