pre_text: 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.
table: 2019 2018
table: $000 $000
table: Short-term employee benefits 3,540.9 3,842.1
table: Share-based payment 1,982.7 664.6
table: 5,523.6 4,506.7
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in the total remuneration of key management personnel?