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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 Republic48.5%
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 Japan 39.0%
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 = 109807.508189 X -17642.464
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 16.126721 X +70.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -0.770508 X +2.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

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