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Question: During the last month, how often did you have to read the following types of texts for school (in the classroom or for homework)? Fiction (e.g., novels, short stories)
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belarus61.5%
2 Ukraine59.9%
3 Russian Federation56.0%
4 Kazakhstan55.1%
5 Albania52.2%
5 Moldova52.2%
7 Turkiye52.0%
8 Montenegro51.3%
9 China47.4%
10 Georgia44.9%
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina43.0%
12 Romania42.6%
13 Denmark42.5%
14 Azerbaijan41.6%
15 Poland40.9%
16 Germany40.8%
17 Indonesia39.7%
18 Argentina39.3%
19 Philippines38.5%
20 Latvia38.2%
20 United Kingdom38.2%
20 Viet Nam38.2%
23 Dominican Republic38.0%
24 United States37.8%
25 Italy37.5%
26 Malaysia37.1%
27 Jordan36.7%
28 Lithuania36.5%
29 Kosovo35.8%
30 Bulgaria34.9%
31 Peru33.3%
32 Canada33.0%
33 Chile32.8%
34 Thailand32.7%
34 United Arab Emirates32.7%
36 Saudi Arabia32.5%
37 Uruguay32.2%
38 Croatia31.9%
39 Costa Rica31.6%
40 Australia31.3%
40 Israel31.3%
40 Luxembourg31.3%
43 Brunei Darussalam31.1%
43 Singapore31.1%
45 Greece30.5%
45 Morocco30.5%
47 Iceland30.4%
48 Colombia29.6%
49 Serbia28.5%
50 Ireland27.7%
51 Japan 27.6%
52 Switzerland27.5%
53 Malta27.4%
54 Norway27.0%
55 Hungary26.6%
56 Panama26.2%
57 Sweden25.9%
58 Qatar24.8%
59 Hong Kong, China24.5%
60 New Zealand24.4%
61 Taiwan24.2%
62 Macao, China24.1%
63 Brazil23.5%
63 Finland23.5%
65 Mexico23.4%
66 France23.2%
67 Estonia22.7%
68 Slovenia21.3%
69 Austria21.2%
70 Slovakia21.1%
71 Cyprus21.0%
72 Spain20.5%
73 Belgium19.7%
74 Czech Republic19.5%
75 Republic of Korea19.2%
76 Portugal17.9%
77 Netherlands14.3%

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 = -3.145174 X +7.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -98561.375961 X +64441.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -26.041821 X +86.121
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.799790 X +1.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 6.899882 X +6.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023