Table:
|  | 2019 | 2018 |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | $000 | $000 |
| Short-term employee benefits | 3,540.9 | 3,842.1 |
| Share-based payment | 1,982.7 | 664.6 |
|  | 5,523.6 | 4,506.7 |
Paragraphs:
Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of the Directors, who are the key management personnel of the Group, is set out below in aggregate for each of the categories specified in IAS 24 ‘Related Party Disclosures’:
No Director received compensation for loss of office (2018 nil).
There were gains of $2,010,731 (2018 $852,742) on the exercise of options by key management personnel in 2019.
For further details refer to the Report on Directors’ remuneration on pages 77 to 101.
Question:
In which year was the amount of short-term employee benefits larger?
Answer: Because 3,842.1>3,540.9, the answer is: 2018.