The European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) pilot data collection carried out in 2022 provided information on Digital Platform Employment (DPE).

The DPE statistics provide information on the type of digital platform work or service, encompassing details on working conditions and arrangements. Together with demographic characteristics, such as sex and age, these statistics allow the description of the profile of digital platform workers.

The results of the pilot data collection are published as experimental statistics. In particular, these statistics show the share of digital platform workers among all people aged 15 to 64 , defined as those who have worked for at least one hour through a digital platform in the last 12 months, broken down by type of DPE activity.

For those who reported to be in DPE for at least 1 hour during the last month, indicators on employment characteristics and working arrangements are also presented by:

The pilot data collection included 13 variables: see the annexed methodological note.

The experimental statistics tested:

The data was collected on a voluntary basis by 17 countries: 16 EU countries and 1 EFTA country. The indicators are presented for an aggregate of 17 countries.