AWS Global Digital Skills Study

The world is increasingly going digital — from the way we work to the way we live. Information technology is driving significant transformation across the world at the individual, organizational and macroeconomic levels.

To study these dynamics in a global context, Gallup collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to conduct one of the largest international surveys on digital skills to date.1 Gallup surveyed more than 30,000 workers with access to the internet across 19 countries — which account for 67% of global GDP — and surveyed more than 9,000 employers. Among the 19 countries included were the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Brazil.2

Furthermore, Gallup analyzed data on all advertised job vacancies across 33 countries — totaling more than 100 million openings — from June 2021 to May 2022 to further assess demand for digital skills and how much employers are willing to pay for them.