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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only to get information that I need.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia66.9%
2 Brunei Darussalam64.5%
3 Philippines61.4%
4 Argentina60.1%
4 Norway60.1%
6 Romania59.8%
7 Netherlands58.7%
8 Ukraine58.6%
9 Moldova58.0%
10 Lithuania 57.8%
11 Saudi Arabia57.7%
11 Thailand57.7%
13 Croatia57.6%
14 Chile57.0%
15 Sweden55.6%
16 United Kingdom55.4%
17 Jordan54.6%
18 Costa Rica54.5%
19 Belarus54.4%
20 Indonesia54.3%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina53.8%
22 Kazakhstan53.7%
23 Belgium53.4%
23 Denmark53.4%
25 Germany53.1%
26 Cyprus53.0%
27 Mexico52.8%
27 Serbia52.8%
29 Slovenia52.7%
29 United States52.7%
31 Georgia52.6%
32 Austria52.5%
33 Australia52.2%
34 Ireland51.6%
34 Switzerland51.6%
36 Morocco51.4%
36 New Zealand51.4%
36 Panama51.4%
36 Russian Federation51.4%
40 Finland51.0%
41 Latvia50.9%
42 Macao, China50.4%
43 United Arab Emirates50.1%
44 Iceland49.8%
45 Bulgaria49.1%
46 Luxembourg48.6%
47 Qatar48.1%
48 Hungary48.0%
48 Taiwan48.0%
50 Dominican Republic47.9%
51 Singapore47.7%
52 Brazil47.5%
52 Montenegro47.5%
54 Azerbaijan47.3%
55 Malta47.2%
56 France46.8%
57 Hong Kong, China46.4%
57 Italy46.4%
59 Canada46.2%
60 Estonia46.1%
61 Viet Nam46.0%
62 Peru45.9%
63 Israel45.8%
63 Portugal45.8%
63 Slovakia45.8%
66 Czech Republic45.1%
67 Poland44.8%
68 Colombia44.6%
69 Spain44.3%
70 Albania44.2%
71 Uruguay43.4%
72 Kosovo43.1%
73 Greece36.3%
74 Republic of Korea34.5%
75 Turkiye33.3%
76 Japan27.7%
77 China27.3%

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 = 1.526777 X +5.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 12431.532567 X +27224.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -15.835105 X +86.231
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.620690 X +0.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 0.752986 X +8.597
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000