Remote Workers: Global Work From Home & Freelance Job Stats

From the comfort of your own home to the sunny shores of LA, where is the best city to become a freelancer? We take a look at the top 10 cities for opportunities and affordability and delve deeper into the rising freelance workforce.

Top Freelancer Cities

Cities were ranked based on a combination of factors including: Number of Freelance Jobs, Average Monthly Salary, Average Rent, Average Broadband Speed, Number of Free WiFi Spots, Number of Coworking Spaces, Avgerage Working Hours per Week

Rank	City	INDEX Score
1	New York City	6.576
2	Paris	6.493
3	London	6.271
4	Seoul	5.549
5	Hong Kong	5.314
6	Singapore	5.233
7	Los Angeles	5.195
8	Tokyo	5.159
9	Berlin	5.025
10	Taipei	4.948
11	Toronto	4.902
12	Nice	4.844
13	Madrid	4.746
14	Munich	4.726
15	San Francisco	4.713
16	Bangkok	4.709
17	Frankfurt	4.685
18	Barcelona	4.664
19	Shanghai	4.586
20	Beijing	4.577
21	Budapest	4.562
22	Delhi	4.502
23	Moscow	4.495
24	Amsterdam	4.461
25	Warsaw	4.394
26	Melbourne	4.382
27	Vancouver	4.369
28	Shenzhen	4.367
29	Kraków	4.315
30	Lisbon	4.307
31	Sydney	4.274
32	Brussels	4.265
33	Jakarta	4.244
34	Miami	4.241
35	Manila	4.237
36	Prague	4.231
37	Guangzhou	4.231
38	Zürich	4.225
39	Las Vegas	4.200
40	Milan	4.189
41	St. Petersburg	4.181
42	Vienna	4.156
43	Rome	4.143
44	Rio De Janeiro	4.133
45	Honolulu	4.124
46	Bucharest	4.056
47	Orlando	4.048
48	Mexico City	3.985
49	Mumbai	3.957
50	Florence	3.940
51	Kuala Lumpur	3.918
52	Istanbul	3.898
53	Dublin	3.814
54	Venice	3.788
55	Buenos Aires	3.687
56	Chennai	3.603
57	Lima	3.245
58	Johannesburg	3.101
59	Cancún	3.073
60	Dubai	3.009
61	Marrakech	2.948
62	Abu Dhabi	2.576

Countries By Freelancing Population

Countries with the most freelancers per 100,000 people.

Rank	Country	Number of Freelancers (per 100,000)
1	USA	170
2	Philippines	150
3	Canada	110
4	Singapore	99
5	United Arab Emirates	98
6	Ireland	94
7	Romania	87
8	Australia	83
9	United Kingdom	80
10	Portugal	70
11	Hungary	44
12	Netherlands	42
13	Malaysia	42
14	Egypt	33
15	Russia	31
16	Switzerland	30
17	Belgium	29
18	Czech Republic	28
19	Spain	24
20	Argentina	24
21	Poland	23
22	Italy	23
23	Austria	23
24	South Africa	21
25	Morocco	21
26	France	19
27	India	17
28	Germany	16
29	Turkey	11
30	Brazil	10
31	Mexico	9
32	Vietnam	8
33	Indonesia	7
34	Peru	7
35	Thailand	6
36	South Korea	3
37	Japan	2
38	China	1

Attitudes To Freelancing

This table below looks at people who are already freelancing and compares those who want to keep doing so versus those who’d rather have a salaried job.

Country	Prefer to continue working independently and find more clients (%)	Prefer to quit independent work and find a full-time salaried position (%)
Sweden	58%	17%
India	57%	32%
Indonesia	56%	15%
Brazil	54%	22%
Spain	49%	19%
United States	44%	19%
Japan	44%	20%
France	41%	32%
China	32%	17%
United Kingdom	30%	21%
Germany	29%	14%

Additional Resources:

• WordPress Hosting
• Unsecured Business Loans
• Business Bank Accounts
• Business Credit Cards
• Small Business Electricity Rates
• Merchant Cash Advance Providers
• Key Man Insurance

Sources:

• https://www.coworker.com/ – Number of co-working spaces in each country/city
• https://www.peopleperhour.com/ Number of freelancers onsite and working remotely from each country
• https://www.wiman.me – Number of free WiFi hotspots in each city
• https://www.justlanded.com/ – Average number of working hours (Czech Republic)
• http://www.expatfinder.com – Average number of working hours per country
• https://www.numbeo.com/ – Average rent, salary and broadband cost per city
• http://worldpopulationreview.com/ – Population for each country
• https://www.indeed.com – Number of freelancer jobs available in each city
• https://www.upwork.com – Number of freelancer jobs available in each city
• https://www.linkedin.com/ – Number of freelancer jobs available in each city
• https://www.speedtest.net/ – Speed of broadband in each country.
• https://public.tableau.com/ – Number of freelancers per country

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