Top 25 fascinating facts about freelancing

Fact #1
From remote workers to remote teams, freelance world is evolving.
Source: Chanty

Fact #2
3,5 million freelancers work in Australia.
Source: Startup Daily

Fact #3
Safety, good weather in summer, low prices and cost of living, fast internet along well-developed transport networks, easiness of starting a business and income tax – they’re critical factors for freelance-friendly cities.
Sources: Hoofdkraan, Expert Market

Fact #4
27% of UK designers (especially related to fashion and graphic fields) are freelancers.
Source: Design Week

Fact #5
47% of creative workers in the UK creative industries are freelancers.
Source: Creative Industries Federation

Fact #6
Remote work will disrupt population distribution in the United States in 2018.
Source: Atlassian

Fact #7
France is the second – after the US – largest marketplace for temporary staffing worldwide.
Source: Tech.eu

Fact #8
Estonia is the first country which developed a special program dedicated to digital nomads.
Source: Quartz

Fact #9
A third of British workers spend more than half their working day remotely.
Source: Netimperative

Fact #10
Portugal’s Lisbon is the best city for remote workers. In turn, Dhaka in Bangladesh is the worst city for freelancers across the globe.
Source: Hoofdkraan

Fact #11
Professions such as design, IT as well as media and communication dominate the freelance sphere.
Source: PROUnlimited

Fact #12
By establishing a branded coworking popup in the USA, Red Bull made its first step into freelance world.
Source: The Minneapolis Egotist

Fact #13
Tapping talent outside companies to engage just-in-time talent was mentioned by DXC Technologies experts as a crucial point in guideposts for innovation on digital transformation.
Source: DXC Technologies

Fact #14
Freelance economy adds $1.4 trillion and €270 billion to the US and Europe economies, accordingly.
Source: Adecco Group

Fact #15
Over 80% of large corporations plan to expand the use of remote workers by 2020.
Source: Intuit

Fact #16
Hong Kong, USA, South Korea, UAE, United Kingdom, Spain, New Zealand but also Estonia, Bulgaria and Czech Republic – these countries are considered as best places for digital nomads.
Source: Expert Market

Fact #17
Insurance market tries to take advantage of emerging freelance market. Some startups offer services bespoken to independent professionals.
Source: Tech.eu

Fact #18
With possessing 32% share across the world, UK is a global leader when it comes to providing flexible workplaces.
Source: Cushman & Wakefield

Fact #19
By 2020, remote work will have been a preferred option for 50% of the workforce.
Source: London Business School

Fact #20
Over 20% of independent professionals in Spain are foreigners.
Source: The Local Spain

Fact #21
In EU, over 9.5 million workers are classified as freelancers.
Source: EFIP

Fact #22
Roughly 37% of Dutch workers (over 3 million people) are categorized as part-time or full-time freelancers.
Source: DutchNews.nl

Fact #23
For almost 80% freelancers, home remains their primary place of work.
Source: Buffer

Fact #24
The majority of American workforce will have been working remotely by 2027.
Source: World Economic Forum

Fact #25
Currently, freelancers represent 15,8% of the workforce in the European Union.
Source: OECD