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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - I am able to understand difficult texts.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden76.1%
2 Denmark75.4%
3 Canada 73.4%
4 United Kingdom73.3%
5 Australia73.0%
6 Norway72.9%
6 United States72.9%
8 Lithuania72.2%
9 Ireland72.0%
10 New Zealand71.9%
11 Israel70.9%
12 Luxembourg70.3%
13 Slovenia70.2%
14 Austria69.5%
15 Finland68.4%
16 Turkiye67.2%
17 Germany67.0%
18 Poland66.8%
19 Hungary66.6%
20 Switzerland66.3%
21 Estonia64.4%
22 Greece63.5%
23 Mexico63.0%
24 Spain62.7%
25 Iceland62.5%
26 Netherlands61.6%
27 Colombia61.4%
28 Latvia61.1%
29 Italy60.9%
30 Chile59.5%
31 France58.7%
32 Czech Republic58.0%
33 Portugal57.6%
34 Republic of Korea54.7%
35 Costa Rica54.6%
36 Belgium53.1%
37 Slovakia52.0%
38 Japan27.8%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.619669 X +4.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 121940.009128 X -32162.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.176161 X +79.625
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.750493 X +1.032
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.863258 X +11.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002