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Question: On a normal school day, how much time do you spend before or after school doing each of these things? - I read a book for enjoyment.
Choices: "No time" "Less than 1 hour" "1-2 hours" "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Data: % of "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mongolia22.8%
2 Armenia21.6%
3 Qatar19.3%
4 Tunisia19.2%
5 United Arab Emirates18.7%
6 Morocco18.6%
7 Singapore18.4%
8 New Zealand17.9%
9 Iran17.6%
10 Ukraine17.3%
11 Austria17.0%
12 Georgia16.9%
13 Germany16.6%
14 El Salvador16.1%
15 Colombia15.9%
16 Hong Kong, China15.6%
17 Algeria15.3%
17 Kuwait15.3%
19 Czech Republic15.1%
19 Taiwan15.1%
21 Russian Federation14.6%
22 United States14.4%
23 Australia14.2%
24 Lithuania13.7%
25 Slovakia13.5%
26 Slovenia13.3%
27 Hungary12.5%
28 United Kingdom11.9%England only
29 Norway10.9%
30 Yemen10.0%
31 Kazakhstan9.9%
32 Japan 9.6%
33 Netherlands9.4%
34 Sweden8.7%
35 Latvia8.3%
36 Italy8.0%
37 Denmark7.1%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 201 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -8.064694 X +7.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -150632.355895 X +55655.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -29.445764 X +81.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.074283 X +1.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -24.939203 X +13.378
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037