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2022 AWS Hong Kong
Digital Skills Study
The Economic Benefits of a Tech-Savvy
Workforce in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is going digital – from the way we work, to the way we live. We
are seeing information technology drive significant transformation across
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 or
application development, artificial intelligence and machine learning)
Top Takeaways:
Digital fluency yields big economic benefits
Raising GDP: All levels of digital skills boost Hong Kong's annual
GDP by US $47.5 billion
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. Advanced digital skills raise Hong
Kong's annual GDP by an estimated USD $5.4 billion, and global
GDP by USD $6.3 trillion due to the increased income and
productivity of workers.
Employees see higher salaries and job satisfaction
Career benefits: 99% of employees in Hong Kong who completed
digital skills training in the past year say their career has experienced
at least one positive benefit as a result.
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Income figures in this report are expressed in inflation-adjusted 2022 US dollars
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.
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