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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - Reading is one of my favourite hobbies.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye63.7%
2 Mexico55.5%
3 Colombia54.0%
4 Japan 44.7%
5 Republic of Korea41.9%
6 Costa Rica40.9%
7 Poland39.9%
8 Slovakia39.5%
9 Israel39.0%
10 Italy38.2%
11 Chile37.1%
12 Czech Republic35.9%
13 Canada35.6%
14 Spain35.1%
15 Greece34.6%
16 Hungary34.2%
17 Lithuania33.6%
18 New Zealand33.3%
19 Latvia32.7%
20 Australia32.5%
21 United States32.3%
22 Portugal31.6%
23 Estonia30.9%
24 Ireland30.3%
25 France29.7%
26 Austria27.8%
27 Luxembourg26.9%
28 United Kingdom26.6%
29 Germany25.8%
30 Slovenia25.5%
31 Switzerland25.4%
32 Finland24.8%
33 Sweden23.8%
34 Iceland23.2%
35 Belgium21.0%
36 Norway19.7%
37 Netherlands18.0%
38 Denmark16.4%

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 = -4.133235 X +8.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -174863.485836 X +102642.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -19.826476 X +86.435
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.201166 X +1.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -13.457577 X +14.328
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108