Tweet
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:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway60.1%
2 Netherlands58.7%
3 Lithuania57.8%
4 Chile57.0%
5 Sweden55.6%
6 United Kingdom55.4%
7 Costa Rica54.5%
8 Belgium53.4%
8 Denmark53.4%
10 Germany53.1%
11 Mexico52.8%
12 Slovenia52.7%
12 United States52.7%
14 Austria 52.5%
15 Australia52.2%
16 Ireland51.6%
16 Switzerland51.6%
18 New Zealand51.4%
19 Finland51.0%
20 Latvia50.9%
21 Iceland49.8%
22 Luxembourg48.6%
23 Hungary48.0%
24 France46.8%
25 Italy46.4%
26 Canada46.2%
27 Estonia46.1%
28 Israel45.8%
28 Portugal45.8%
28 Slovakia45.8%
31 Czech Republic45.1%
32 Poland44.8%
33 Colombia44.6%
34 Spain44.3%
35 Greece36.3%
36 Republic of Korea34.5%
37 Turkiye33.3%
38 Japan27.7%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 5.320561 X +4.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.654
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.428

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 140112.429780 X -23930.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -2.172476 X +80.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.705005 X +1.242
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 8.964723 X +5.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023