Workforce in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is going digital—from the way we work, to the way we live. We
the world at the individual, organization, and macroeconomic level. To
study these dynamics, Gallup and AWS have conducted one of the largest
international surveys to date on digital skills.
The study shows that digital skills are providing immense economic value
to Hong Kong's employers and workers, raising gross domestic product
(GDP), boosting revenue growth and innovation, and increasing wages and
job satisfaction.
Employees who use some level of digital skills in their job were segmented
into three categories:
• basic digital skills (e.g., email, word processing, social media posting)
• intermediate digital skills (e.g., drag-and-drop website design,
troubleshooting applications, data analysis)
• advanced digital skills (e.g., cloud architecture or maintenance, software
Top Takeaways:
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Raising GDP: Advanced digital skills raise Hong Kong's annual GDP
by an estimated USD $5.4 billion
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, and global GDP by USD $6.3
trillion due to the increased income and productivity of workers.
Increased revenue growth: 40% of organizations in Hong Kong
that employ workers with advanced digital skills reported steady
annual revenue growth (10%+) in the past year, compared to 33%
of organizations that employ those with basic or intermediate digital
skills.
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Employees see higher salaries and job satisfaction
99% of employees in Hong Kong who completed
digital skills training in the past year say their career has experienced
Advanced digital skills increase
Hong Kong's annual GDP
by an estimated USD
$5.4 billion.
Advanced digital skills
increase global GDP
by an estimated USD
$6.3 trillion.
Amazon Web Services has
trained over 100,000 people
in Hong Kong with cloud skills.
We are excited to
be supporting Hong Kong's
digital transformation. Learn
more here.
2022 AWS Global
Digital Skills Study
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