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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I like talking about books with other people.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China75.4%
2 Albania74.1%
3 Kosovo69.8%
4 Indonesia67.6%
5 Philippines66.0%
6 Turkiye62.3%
7 Kazakhstan60.5%
8 Peru59.0%
9 Georgia58.1%
10 United Arab Emirates57.1%
11 Jordan56.0%
12 Azerbaijan55.6%
13 Belarus54.5%
14 Thailand53.8%
15 Ukraine53.6%
16 Taiwan52.7%
17 Morocco52.5%
18 Malaysia52.2%
19 Dominican Republic51.6%
19 Saudi Arabia51.6%
21 Russian Federation51.5%
22 Colombia50.8%
23 Mexico50.5%
24 Viet Nam49.9%
25 Moldova49.5%
26 Hong Kong, China48.2%
27 Qatar46.9%
28 Panama46.4%
29 Macao, China45.8%
30 Brunei Darussalam45.5%
31 Montenegro44.9%
31 Republic of Korea44.9%
33 Brazil44.2%
34 Poland44.1%
35 Romania43.0%
36 Bulgaria42.7%
37 Japan42.5%
38 Chile41.3%
39 Singapore40.8%
40 Spain40.3%
41 Lithuania40.0%
42 Italy39.6%
43 Latvia39.3%
43 United States39.3%
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina39.0%
45 Estonia39.0%
47 Serbia38.8%
48 Canada38.4%
49 Czech Republic38.0%
50 Costa Rica37.9%
51 Slovakia37.7%
52 Portugal37.4%
53 Israel37.1%
54 Greece37.0%
55 Malta36.3%
56 Uruguay36.2%
57 Argentina35.0%
58 Hungary34.5%
59 France34.4%
59 Iceland34.4%
61 Cyprus 33.5%
62 Australia33.4%
63 New Zealand33.2%
64 Ireland33.1%
65 Slovenia33.0%
66 Sweden31.3%
67 Finland30.1%
68 United Kingdom29.6%
69 Denmark28.6%
70 Croatia28.5%
71 Luxembourg27.8%
72 Switzerland26.1%
73 Austria25.7%
74 Belgium24.9%
75 Germany23.3%
76 Norway22.9%
77 Netherlands18.7%

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

No data for 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -3.596651 X +7.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -139548.112303 X +93836.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -18.833816 X +86.389
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.106426 X +1.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -10.348924 X +13.391
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068