Table:
|  | 2019 | 2018 |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Number | Number |
| Manufacturing | 40 | 37 |
| Product development | 54 | 50 |
| Selling and marketing | 52 | 45 |
| Administration | 32 | 30 |
|  | 178 | 162 |
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2. Employees
Please refer to the Report on Directors’ remuneration on pages 77 to 101 and note 38 of Notes to the consolidated financial statements on page 161 for disclosures relating to the emoluments, share incentives and long-term incentive interests and pensions of the Directors.
The average number of people employed by the Company during the year was:
Question:
What was the percentage change in the average number of people employed by the company in 2019?
Answer: (178-162)/162 = 9.88