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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - For me, reading is a waste of time.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands42.1%
2 Belgium41.0%
3 Norway39.4%
4 Croatia37.8%
5 Czech Republic37.6%
6 Finland36.9%
7 Sweden36.6%
8 Slovenia36.3%
9 Switzerland34.9%
10 Austria34.4%
11 Lithuania33.8%
12 Germany33.3%
13 Luxembourg33.0%
14 Australia31.0%
15 France30.8%
16 Denmark30.6%
17 United Kingdom30.0%
18 Iceland29.9%
19 Hungary29.5%
20 Cyprus29.4%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina27.6%
21 New Zealand27.6%
23 United States27.5%
24 Serbia27.2%
24 Slovakia27.2%
26 Romania26.9%
27 Estonia26.8%
28 Latvia26.7%
29 Ireland26.5%
30 Canada26.0%
31 Italy25.5%
32 Malta25.4%
33 Israel25.2%
34 Qatar24.8%
35 Poland24.7%
36 Thailand24.3%
37 United Arab Emirates24.0%
38 Philippines23.9%
39 Jordan22.7%
40 Taiwan22.5%
41 Saudi Arabia22.3%
42 Spain22.1%
43 Singapore21.9%
44 Bulgaria21.6%
45 Portugal21.4%
46 Hong Kong, China21.0%
47 Montenegro20.6%
48 Moldova20.5%
49 Argentina19.3%
49 Chile19.3%
51 Macao, China18.4%
52 Costa Rica18.1%
53 Azerbaijan17.6%
53 Russian Federation17.6%
55 Georgia15.8%
56 Greece15.7%
57 Ukraine15.6%
58 Republic of Korea15.5%
59 Japan 15.4%
60 Uruguay14.2%
61 Indonesia13.8%
61 Panama13.8%
63 Belarus13.7%
64 Albania13.2%
64 Dominican Republic13.2%
66 Brunei Darussalam12.7%
66 Mexico12.7%
68 Morocco12.2%
69 Turkiye12.1%
70 Colombia12.0%
70 Kosovo12.0%
72 Kazakhstan11.3%
73 Malaysia9.8%
74 Brazil9.3%
75 Peru8.5%
76 Viet Nam7.6%
77 China5.3%

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 = 4.672373 X +5.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 181307.427396 X -9947.007
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 26.098280 X +71.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -0.776130 X +1.845
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 12.380693 X +6.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054