Almost half (45%) feel feel confident in their data literacy skills
Qlik has announced the results from its APAC Data Literacy Survey, revealing India as a bright spot amidst an escalating skills gap in the region and troubling lack of enablement by employers preventing those in the workforce from making strategic, data-driven decisions.
In India specifically, of over one thousand full time employees surveyed, almost half (45%) feel confident in their data literacy skills (i.e. the ability to read, work with, analyze and argue with data). This is significantly higher than the corresponding global and APAC average of 20%.
The findings from the research highlights the critical role data literacy is playing in driving India’s growth as a digitally-driven new-age economy. It also shows how Indian professionals are leveraging relevant data-driven insights to make more strategic and informed business decisions.
Similar to the rest of APAC, Indian employees are seeing rising expectations to use data at work. An overwhelming majority (85%) said that they work with a higher volume of data today compared to three years ago and almost three in four (72%) use data once a week (or more) in their current job roles.
“Due to the rapid digitalization sweeping across the country, India is generating data at a much faster pace than at any other time in its history. It’s great to see that the Indian workforce has kept pace with this changing paradigm and it is no wonder then that over nine in ten of data literates say they are performing very well at work. Given the impact that data can have on both an individual’s performance and the larger business operations, we expect more professionals in India to continue enhancing their data literacy skills,” said Paul Mclean, Data Literacy Evangelist, APAC at Qlik.
Arun Balasubramanian, Country Manager, Qlik India commented, “Indian professionals and businesses have indicated a strong desire to be more data literate so we expect to see a higher number of business leaders implementing data-led work cultures in their workplaces. This growing push for greater data literacy will only take India, a nation on a rapid digitization curve, from strength to strength in a data-driven world to fulfill its vision of becoming a digital superpower – not only in APAC, but also globally.”
