Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 05:29 PM, May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023

Dear Mari Santos,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 10, 2023 07:34:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Latest figures on number of freelancers in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

In reference to your data request, please be informed that we do not have specific data on freelancers. Our data on employment can be found on our Labor Force Survey:
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/table
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/Database/Labor-and-Employment

Integrated Survey of Households 
https://psa.gov.ph/content/integrated-survey-households-ish-bulletin

For our annual data you may refer to 2021 Annual Labor Market Statistics (Preliminary Results): https://psa.gov.ph/content/2021-annual-labor-market-statistics-preliminary-results

You may also refer to our 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 11: LABOR and EMPLOYMENT: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 11.5 Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group and Sex: January 2018 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_5.xlsx
Table 11.8 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2017 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T11_8.xlsx  

For our available data on MSMEs, you may check the links below:

2019
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9OcjFixLw3PmThkEyqO?e=LqT8LZ
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9OcjFtBgwLLQFPIO2zt?e=AGO7oL

2020
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9OcjweAfXodk00pKSS7?e=yb2ZrM

ULE 2021
https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9Ocjxs55IwTLgH3Efp8?e=q2Q84y

For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing

For data on statistics on SMEs that closed in 2019 to present, you may check Number of MSME: More than 1.08 million Establishments Operated in 2021 which Generated Total Employment of 8.57 million (2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results) https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million 

Table 8. Number and Total Employment of Establishments with Permanently Closed (by Year Closed) and Temporarily Stopped Operation Status by Region, and Province: 2021 https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/ird/pressrelease/2_Attachment%20Tables%202021%20ULE%20Preliminary%20Results%20Press%20Release%20_rev%2031dec_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

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Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service