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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - Reading is one of my favourite hobbies.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China82.7%
2 Albania74.7%
3 Kazakhstan73.1%
4 Viet Nam72.1%
5 Indonesia71.8%
6 Philippines71.7%
7 Kosovo71.4%
8 Thailand65.8%
9 Jordan64.0%
10 Turkiye63.7%
11 Malaysia62.3%
12 Peru61.9%
13 Azerbaijan61.3%
14 Taiwan59.7%
15 Hong Kong, China58.9%
16 Saudi Arabia58.3%
17 United Arab Emirates57.9%
18 Morocco56.9%
19 Macao, China56.6%
20 Brunei Darussalam56.2%
21 Georgia55.6%
22 Mexico55.5%
23 Dominican Republic55.4%
24 Colombia54.0%
25 Panama52.0%
26 Qatar50.0%
27 Russian Federation49.0%
28 Singapore48.5%
29 Belarus46.3%
30 Moldova45.8%
31 Japan44.7%
32 Bulgaria43.6%
33 Brazil43.1%
34 Ukraine43.0%
35 Romania42.2%
36 Republic of Korea41.9%
37 Costa Rica40.9%
38 Uruguay40.8%
39 Poland39.9%
40 Slovakia39.5%
41 Israel39.0%
42 Italy 38.2%
43 Montenegro37.8%
44 Argentina37.4%
45 Chile37.1%
46 Malta36.9%
47 Czech Republic35.9%
48 Canada35.6%
49 Spain35.1%
50 Greece34.6%
51 Hungary34.2%
52 Lithuania33.6%
53 New Zealand33.3%
54 Latvia32.7%
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina32.6%
56 Australia32.5%
57 United States32.3%
58 Portugal31.6%
58 Serbia31.6%
60 Estonia30.9%
61 Ireland30.3%
62 France29.7%
63 Austria27.8%
64 Luxembourg26.9%
65 United Kingdom26.6%
66 Germany25.8%
67 Slovenia25.5%
68 Switzerland25.4%
69 Finland24.8%
70 Sweden23.8%
71 Iceland23.2%
72 Cyprus22.3%
73 Croatia22.2%
74 Belgium21.0%
75 Norway19.7%
76 Netherlands18.0%
77 Denmark16.4%

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 = -2.591950 X +7.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -94115.011144 X +74236.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -12.153748 X +83.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.980619 X +1.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -10.433892 X +13.391
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118