Economically Active Population Survey National results Freelance workers by type of working day, sex and age group. Absolute values and percentages Units: Thousands Persons, % Total Continuous Entry Does not know Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Both sexes Total 3,095.1 3,112.3 3,107.7 3,135.6 3,053.8 3,106.0 3,106.0 2,989.5 3,004.2 3,025.6 3,149.9 3,223.3 3,632.3 3,607.5 3,534.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1,113.9 971.4 1,007.1 937.6 843.0 915.6 950.4 823.5 885.0 904.3 866.3 927.2 1,034.8 1,073.7 1,059.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1,931.3 2,106.4 2,041.0 2,144.4 2,177.9 2,155.4 2,128.9 2,130.5 2,081.9 2,089.0 2,255.1 2,256.9 2,531.0 2,462.3 2,394.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 34.5 59.6 53.6 32.8 35.1 26.7 35.5 37.3 32.2 28.4 39.2 66.4 71.4 80.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 From 16 to 24 years 63.2 62.2 73.3 38.5 65.4 73.3 67.8 69.4 69.9 67.9 89.2 89.4 149.0 151.8 173.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.2 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.8 4.1 4.2 4.9 31.8 29.4 36.1 14.8 29.9 25.9 30.2 33.8 30.4 33.3 38.8 39.1 64.4 58.5 77.8 2.9 3.0 3.6 1.6 3.6 2.8 3.2 4.1 3.4 3.7 4.5 4.2 6.2 5.5 7.3 30.0 30.7 34.9 23.6 33.6 46.4 37.2 34.2 38.2 34.6 49.5 47.6 83.3 86.0 91.3 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.5 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.1 3.3 3.5 3.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 0.1 1.8 1.0 0.4 1.5 1.3 0.1 0.9 2.7 1.4 7.2 4.0 2.9 6.4 3.7 0.2 5.5 3.0 1.4 4.2 3.4 0.3 3.1 6.9 2.1 10.1 4.9 From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) 367.8 382.9 385.9 389.6 385.4 484.0 459.1 421.6 439.0 454.5 529.0 570.1 713.7 713.3 708.6 11.9 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.6 15.6 14.8 14.1 14.6 15.0 16.8 17.7 19.6 19.8 20.0 135.4 116.5 144.6 124.2 117.2 139.9 148.4 114.1 141.4 158.0 159.1 175.1 208.3 220.4 220.8 12.2 12.0 14.4 13.2 13.9 15.3 15.6 13.9 16.0 17.5 18.4 18.9 20.1 20.5 20.8 222.1 260.7 235.4 255.1 263.8 337.8 306.8 302.4 293.0 292.9 365.1 386.4 492.8 480.9 478.3 11.5 12.4 11.5 11.9 12.1 15.7 14.4 14.2 14.1 14.0 16.2 17.1 19.5 19.5 20.0 10.3 5.7 5.9 10.4 4.5 6.3 3.9 5.1 4.6 3.6 4.8 8.6 12.6 11.9 9.5 20.6 16.4 9.8 19.3 13.6 18.0 14.7 14.5 12.2 11.2 16.9 21.8 19.0 16.7 11.8 From 35 to 44 years 784.0 848.2 859.6 900.8 845.8 901.4 902.1 849.3 848.2 910.6 910.9 968.3 1,048.6 1,091.7 1,005.2 25.3 27.3 27.7 28.7 27.7 29.0 29.0 28.4 28.2 30.1 28.9 30.0 28.9 30.3 28.4 280.6 258.3 278.0 274.7 229.4 292.9 301.2 246.0 250.2 267.7 259.7 282.7 301.6 331.8 286.4 25.2 26.6 27.6 29.3 27.2 32.0 31.7 29.9 28.3 29.6 30.0 30.5 29.1 30.9 27.0 491.0 584.8 567.2 608.9 611.2 599.1 593.3 594.3 588.7 633.2 645.7 678.9 725.0 741.6 694.0 25.4 27.8 27.8 28.4 28.1 27.8 27.9 27.9 28.3 30.3 28.6 30.1 28.6 30.1 29.0 12.4 5.1 14.4 17.2 5.3 9.3 7.7 9.0 9.4 9.7 5.6 6.8 22.0 18.2 24.8 24.7 14.9 24.2 32.1 16.0 26.5 28.7 25.3 25.2 30.0 19.5 17.3 33.1 25.5 30.7 From 45 to 54 years 983.4 1,005.6 996.9 1,016.7 977.5 931.3 958.7 936.1 919.2 889.0 916.8 895.2 961.0 942.6 920.0 31.8 32.3 32.1 32.4 32.0 30.0 30.9 31.3 30.6 29.4 29.1 27.8 26.5 26.1 26.0 351.3 313.5 321.6 304.4 256.8 252.9 259.4 222.6 257.1 248.6 226.9 253.9 251.1 266.9 274.3 31.5 32.3 31.9 32.5 30.5 27.6 27.3 27.0 29.1 27.5 26.2 27.4 24.3 24.9 25.9 622.1 679.9 657.9 695.3 709.8 668.2 689.7 704.9 651.0 630.8 680.5 631.1 689.8 652.9 623.2 32.2 32.3 32.2 32.4 32.6 31.0 32.4 33.1 31.3 30.2 30.2 28.0 27.3 26.5 26.0 10.0 12.2 17.4 17.0 10.8 10.2 9.5 8.5 11.1 9.6 9.5 10.3 20.2 22.8 22.5 20.0 35.3 29.2 31.6 33.0 29.1 35.7 23.9 29.7 29.9 33.4 26.2 30.4 31.9 28.0 55 and more years 896.8 813.3 792.2 789.9 779.7 716.1 718.3 713.1 727.9 703.4 704.0 700.3 759.9 708.1 727.7 29.0 26.1 25.5 25.2 25.5 23.1 23.1 23.9 24.2 23.3 22.3 21.7 20.9 19.6 20.6 314.8 253.6 226.8 219.5 209.7 203.9 211.2 207.1 205.9 196.7 181.8 176.5 209.5 196.0 199.9 28.3 26.1 22.5 23.4 24.9 22.3 22.2 25.1 23.3 21.7 21.0 19.0 20.2 18.3 18.9 566.1 550.3 545.7 561.5 559.5 504.0 501.9 494.7 511.1 497.6 514.4 513.0 540.2 500.8 508.0 29.3 26.1 26.7 26.2 25.7 23.4 23.6 23.2 24.5 23.8 22.8 22.7 21.3 20.3 21.2 15.9 9.3 19.7 8.9 10.4 8.2 5.2 11.4 11.0 9.2 7.7 10.9 10.3 11.3 19.8 31.7 27.1 33.0 16.6 31.8 23.4 19.5 32.1 29.4 28.6 27.2 27.8 15.5 15.8 24.6 Males Total 2,040.2 2,044.1 2,079.4 2,077.4 1,997.5 2,053.6 2,063.5 2,029.8 1,972.9 2,041.9 2,083.6 2,166.8 2,509.5 2,462.0 2,430.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 684.3 609.2 635.0 561.3 484.2 558.1 605.9 496.2 524.4 552.9 521.3 552.9 637.7 682.9 649.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1,318.0 1,412.3 1,401.6 1,482.5 1,492.9 1,471.3 1,443.8 1,509.8 1,425.9 1,467.1 1,543.9 1,586.7 1,823.6 1,732.6 1,728.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 37.8 22.6 42.9 33.6 20.4 24.1 13.8 23.8 22.5 21.9 18.3 27.3 48.2 46.5 52.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 From 16 to 24 years 39.8 45.6 47.1 28.6 39.3 47.6 43.5 49.7 48.1 48.5 54.0 54.3 101.7 105.6 115.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.5 4.1 4.3 4.7 19.7 18.9 22.4 9.1 15.4 17.9 18.3 22.1 17.7 23.1 25.0 24.6 40.9 38.7 45.2 2.9 3.1 3.5 1.6 3.2 3.2 3.0 4.5 3.4 4.2 4.8 4.5 6.4 5.7 7.0 18.7 25.0 22.5 19.3 22.7 28.7 25.2 26.2 29.6 25.3 28.1 27.8 59.5 63.1 66.2 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.8 3.3 3.6 3.8 1.5 1.7 2.2 0.1 1.2 1.0 .. 1.5 0.8 .. 0.9 1.9 1.4 3.8 3.6 3.8 7.6 5.2 0.4 5.8 4.3 .. 6.2 3.4 .. 4.7 7.0 2.8 8.1 6.9 From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) 247.2 238.2 231.2 254.2 230.3 314.1 299.7 288.3 277.0 299.2 325.7 391.6 494.7 482.3 492.5 12.1 11.7 11.1 12.2 11.5 15.3 14.5 14.2 14.0 14.7 15.6 18.1 19.7 19.6 20.3 85.9 64.9 85.2 79.8 70.4 77.9 94.4 69.3 88.9 91.2 81.3 112.0 129.8 142.1 140.9 12.6 10.7 13.4 14.2 14.5 14.0 15.6 14.0 17.0 16.5 15.6 20.3 20.4 20.8 21.7 153.0 168.8 143.4 169.7 157.6 232.0 202.7 215.8 184.4 204.8 241.6 274.5 357.0 332.9 346.8 11.6 12.0 10.2 11.4 10.6 15.8 14.0 14.3 12.9 14.0 15.6 17.3 19.6 19.2 20.1 8.4 4.4 2.7 4.8 2.2 4.1 2.6 3.2 3.6 3.1 2.8 5.1 7.9 7.3 4.8 22.1 19.7 6.3 14.2 10.9 17.1 18.6 13.6 16.1 14.3 15.5 18.7 16.4 15.7 9.1 From 35 to 44 years 517.8 551.1 574.0 600.6 559.6 579.7 601.5 562.7 572.1 602.5 606.9 632.7 716.2 745.0 672.2 25.4 27.0 27.6 28.9 28.0 28.2 29.2 27.7 29.0 29.5 29.1 29.2 28.5 30.3 27.7 174.3 157.1 172.0 158.5 136.8 178.7 187.3 146.3 154.4 153.5 155.5 166.4 183.5 209.6 170.5 25.5 25.8 27.1 28.2 28.2 32.0 30.9 29.5 29.4 27.8 29.8 30.1 28.8 30.7 26.2 336.0 389.6 388.2 428.4 420.0 396.0 410.3 410.0 413.5 442.1 447.7 461.7 518.5 523.0 484.1 25.5 27.6 27.7 28.9 28.1 26.9 28.4 27.2 29.0 30.1 29.0 29.1 28.4 30.2 28.0 7.5 4.4 13.8 13.7 2.8 5.0 3.9 6.4 4.2 6.9 3.7 4.6 14.2 12.4 17.7 19.9 19.3 32.1 40.8 13.8 20.7 28.2 27.0 18.9 31.7 20.4 16.8 29.4 26.7 33.6 From 45 to 54 years 636.0 655.6 676.8 664.9 655.4 633.2 637.2 635.4 598.7 609.6 612.8 603.5 654.5 646.3 630.6 31.2 32.1 32.5 32.0 32.8 30.8 30.9 31.3 30.3 29.9 29.4 27.9 26.1 26.3 26.0 205.2 200.0 207.6 176.1 150.0 158.3 168.2 130.2 145.4 160.2 141.4 141.0 144.1 160.1 165.3 30.0 32.8 32.7 31.4 31.0 28.4 27.8 26.2 27.7 29.0 27.1 25.5 22.6 23.5 25.5 424.7 449.1 459.3 479.6 497.8 467.7 465.2 500.5 446.7 442.8 465.0 455.2 493.9 469.9 451.7 32.2 31.8 32.8 32.3 33.3 31.8 32.2 33.2 31.3 30.2 30.1 28.7 27.1 27.1 26.1 6.1 6.5 10.0 9.3 7.7 7.2 3.8 4.8 6.5 6.7 6.4 7.3 16.5 16.3 13.6 16.2 28.9 23.3 27.6 37.6 29.7 27.3 20.0 29.1 30.5 35.1 26.8 34.3 35.2 25.9 55 and more years 599.3 553.6 550.3 529.1 513.0 479.0 481.6 493.7 477.0 482.1 484.2 484.8 542.4 482.8 519.8 29.4 27.1 26.5 25.5 25.7 23.3 23.3 24.3 24.2 23.6 23.2 22.4 21.6 19.6 21.4 199.3 168.3 147.9 137.8 111.7 125.3 137.6 128.4 118.0 124.9 118.2 108.9 139.4 132.2 127.5 29.1 27.6 23.3 24.6 23.1 22.5 22.7 25.9 22.5 22.6 22.7 19.7 21.9 19.4 19.6 385.6 379.8 388.2 385.6 394.8 346.9 340.3 357.4 351.7 352.1 361.6 367.5 394.8 343.9 379.4 29.3 26.9 27.7 26.0 26.4 23.6 23.6 23.7 24.7 24.0 23.4 23.2 21.6 19.8 22.0 14.4 5.5 14.2 5.7 6.5 6.8 3.6 7.9 7.3 5.1 4.4 8.4 8.2 6.7 12.9 38.0 24.5 33.1 17.0 31.9 28.2 25.9 33.2 32.6 23.4 24.2 30.7 17.1 14.3 24.5 Females Total 1,055.0 1,068.2 1,028.3 1,058.1 1,056.3 1,052.5 1,042.5 959.7 1,031.3 983.7 1,066.3 1,056.4 1,122.8 1,145.5 1,104.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 429.5 362.2 372.1 376.3 358.8 357.4 344.5 327.3 360.6 351.4 345.0 374.3 397.2 390.9 409.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 613.2 694.1 639.5 661.8 685.0 684.1 685.1 620.7 656.0 621.9 711.2 670.2 707.4 729.7 666.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 12.2 11.9 16.7 20.0 12.4 10.9 12.9 11.7 14.8 10.3 10.1 11.9 18.2 24.9 28.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 From 16 to 24 years 23.4 16.6 26.2 9.9 26.1 25.7 24.3 19.7 21.8 19.5 35.2 35.1 47.3 46.2 58.0 2.2 1.6 2.5 0.9 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 3.3 3.3 4.2 4.0 5.3 12.1 10.5 13.8 5.7 14.6 8.0 11.9 11.7 12.7 10.2 13.8 14.5 23.5 19.8 32.6 2.8 2.9 3.7 1.5 4.1 2.2 3.4 3.6 3.5 2.9 4.0 3.9 5.9 5.1 8.0 11.3 5.7 12.4 4.3 10.9 17.7 12.0 8.0 8.6 9.2 21.4 19.8 23.8 23.0 25.0 1.8 0.8 1.9 0.6 1.6 2.6 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.8 .. 0.5 .. .. 0.6 .. 0.4 .. 0.5 0.1 .. 0.8 .. 3.4 0.3 .. 4.0 .. .. 5.0 .. 2.9 .. 3.4 0.8 .. 6.6 .. 13.8 1.2 From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) 120.6 144.7 154.6 135.5 155.1 170.0 159.4 133.3 162.0 155.4 203.3 178.5 219.0 231.0 216.1 11.4 13.5 15.0 12.8 14.7 16.2 15.3 13.9 15.7 15.8 19.1 16.9 19.5 20.2 19.6 49.5 51.6 59.5 44.4 46.8 62.0 54.0 44.8 52.5 66.8 77.8 63.1 78.5 78.3 79.9 11.5 14.2 16.0 11.8 13.0 17.3 15.7 13.7 14.6 19.0 22.6 16.9 19.8 20.0 19.5 69.1 91.9 92.0 85.4 106.1 105.8 104.1 86.6 108.6 88.1 123.6 111.9 135.8 148.1 131.5 11.3 13.2 14.4 12.9 15.5 15.5 15.2 13.9 16.6 14.2 17.4 16.7 19.2 20.3 19.7 1.9 1.2 3.2 5.6 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.9 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.5 4.7 4.6 4.7 15.8 10.2 19.1 28.0 18.0 19.9 10.6 16.3 6.4 4.5 19.3 29.1 25.9 18.6 16.9 From 35 to 44 years 266.2 297.2 285.6 300.2 286.2 321.7 300.6 286.6 276.1 308.1 304.0 335.6 332.4 346.6 332.9 25.2 27.8 27.8 28.4 27.1 30.6 28.8 29.9 26.8 31.3 28.5 31.8 29.6 30.3 30.1 106.3 101.2 106.0 116.2 92.6 114.2 113.8 99.7 95.8 114.2 104.2 116.2 118.1 122.2 115.9 24.8 27.9 28.5 30.9 25.8 32.0 33.0 30.5 26.6 32.5 30.2 31.1 29.7 31.3 28.3 155.0 195.2 179.0 180.5 191.2 203.1 183.0 184.4 175.1 191.1 198.0 217.2 206.5 218.7 209.9 25.3 28.1 28.0 27.3 27.9 29.7 26.7 29.7 26.7 30.7 27.8 32.4 29.2 30.0 31.5 4.9 0.8 0.6 3.5 2.4 4.3 3.8 2.6 5.2 2.7 1.8 2.2 7.8 5.8 7.1 39.9 6.5 3.7 17.6 19.6 39.3 29.3 21.9 34.9 26.3 17.9 18.4 42.7 23.3 25.3 From 45 to 54 years 347.3 350.0 320.0 351.8 322.1 298.1 321.4 300.6 320.5 279.4 304.1 291.7 306.5 296.3 289.4 32.9 32.8 31.1 33.2 30.5 28.3 30.8 31.3 31.1 28.4 28.5 27.6 27.3 25.9 26.2 146.1 113.6 114.1 128.3 106.9 94.6 91.2 92.5 111.8 88.4 85.5 112.9 107.0 106.7 109.0 34.0 31.4 30.6 34.1 29.8 26.5 26.5 28.2 31.0 25.2 24.8 30.2 26.9 27.3 26.6 197.4 230.8 198.6 215.8 212.0 200.4 224.5 204.5 204.2 188.0 215.5 175.9 195.9 183.1 171.5 32.2 33.2 31.1 32.6 31.0 29.3 32.8 32.9 31.1 30.2 30.3 26.2 27.7 25.1 25.7 3.9 5.6 7.4 7.7 3.2 3.0 5.7 3.7 4.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.7 6.5 8.9 31.9 47.4 44.6 38.4 25.6 27.8 44.7 31.9 30.8 28.7 30.2 24.8 20.1 25.9 31.9 55 and more years 297.5 259.7 241.8 260.7 266.7 237.0 236.8 219.4 250.9 221.3 219.8 215.6 217.5 225.3 207.9 28.2 24.3 23.5 24.6 25.3 22.5 22.7 22.9 24.3 22.5 20.6 20.4 19.4 19.7 18.8 115.5 85.4 78.9 81.7 98.0 78.6 73.6 78.6 87.9 71.8 63.7 67.6 70.1 63.8 72.4 26.9 23.6 21.2 21.7 27.3 22.0 21.4 24.0 24.4 20.4 18.5 18.1 17.6 16.3 17.7 180.5 170.6 157.5 175.9 164.7 157.0 161.6 137.3 159.4 145.5 152.8 145.5 145.4 156.9 128.6 29.4 24.6 24.6 26.6 24.0 23.0 23.6 22.1 24.3 23.4 21.5 21.7 20.6 21.5 19.3 1.5 3.8 5.4 3.2 4.0 1.4 1.6 3.5 3.6 4.1 3.3 2.5 2.1 4.6 6.9 12.4 31.9 32.6 16.1 31.8 13.1 12.5 29.9 24.6 39.7 32.5 21.0 11.3 18.4 24.7 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute