Prospective clients request services through an Internet-based technological platform or smartphone application that allows them to search for providers or to specify jobs.
[1][2]In 2019, Queensland University of Technology published a report stating 7% of Australians participate in the gig economy.
[4] According to a 2019 Bank of Canada report, 18% of Canadians worked in the gig economy for non-recreational reasons.
[5] Around 2018, 15% of China's workforce, representing over 110 million people, was involved in the gig economy.
[4] In 2019, the World Bank estimated that globally, fewer than 0.5% of people in the "active labor force" take part in the gig economy.