Number of gig economy workers South Korea 2021-2022, by type

Published by L. Yoon, Jun 19, 2023
In 2022, there were about 2.9 million platform workers in South Korea, accounting for about 11 percent of the country's total employment. The number of narrow-sense platform workers, such as delivery drivers of food apps, stood at about 795 thousand. The gig economy, characterized by the prevalence of part-time and freelance jobs instead of traditional full-time positions, has experienced rapid growth in South Korea in recent years.

Number of platform workers in South Korea from 2021 to 2022, by type (in 1,000s)

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Release date

May 2023

Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2021 to 2022

Number of respondents

50,000 respondents

Age group

15-69 years

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

*Broad-sense platform workers refer to individuals who have been assigned a job through a smartphone application or online website and have earned income within the last three months. Also included are people who found a job through job search websites and were eventually hired by an employer.

**Narrow-sense platform workers refer to individuals whose work is open to many people, whose wages are paid via the platform, and who work on platforms where customer satisfaction influences their work assignments, such as delivery drivers of food apps.

Platform workers refer to people who provide services through online platforms.

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