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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only if I have to.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines62.4%
2 Netherlands62.3%
3 Chile60.0%
4 Brunei Darussalam58.7%
4 Lithuania58.7%
6 Argentina58.5%
7 Norway56.7%
8 Croatia56.6%
9 Belgium56.4%
9 Slovenia56.4%
11 Costa Rica56.3%
11 Denmark56.3%
13 Sweden55.6%
14 Iceland55.4%
15 Thailand54.8%
16 United States54.2%
17 Republic of Korea53.7%
18 Australia53.0%
18 United Kingdom53.0%
20 Luxembourg52.6%
21 Switzerland52.5%
22 Romania52.2%
23 Cyprus52.1%
24 New Zealand51.8%
25 Austria51.7%
26 Ireland51.2%
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina50.0%
28 Finland49.9%
29 Panama49.4%
29 Taiwan49.4%
31 Germany49.2%
32 Czech Republic 48.5%
33 Azerbaijan47.6%
33 Serbia47.6%
35 Canada47.2%
36 Greece46.8%
37 Macao, China46.6%
38 Saudi Arabia46.5%
39 United Arab Emirates46.4%
40 Mexico46.2%
41 Hong Kong, China45.9%
42 Belarus45.5%
42 Singapore45.5%
44 Latvia44.1%
44 Peru44.1%
46 Dominican Republic43.9%
46 Slovakia43.9%
48 Malta43.8%
49 Qatar43.2%
50 Estonia43.1%
51 Bulgaria42.7%
52 Spain42.3%
53 France42.0%
54 Israel41.5%
54 Montenegro41.5%
56 Kosovo40.8%
57 Colombia40.7%
58 Hungary40.1%
59 Moldova39.9%
60 Poland39.1%
61 Japan39.0%
62 Albania38.2%
63 Italy37.6%
64 Georgia35.2%
65 Uruguay33.9%
66 Russian Federation32.6%
67 Malaysia31.8%
68 Indonesia31.1%
69 Portugal30.1%
70 Morocco28.5%
71 Ukraine26.3%
72 Viet Nam25.5%
73 Jordan25.3%
74 Turkiye23.8%
75 Brazil22.5%
76 Kazakhstan18.2%
77 China11.9%

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 = 3.646764 X +4.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 111810.341332 X -16760.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 13.968641 X +71.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -0.885954 X +2.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 2.393409 X +7.902
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003