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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I like talking about books with other people.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye62.3%
2 Colombia50.8%
3 Mexico50.5%
4 Republic of Korea44.9%
5 Poland44.1%
6 Japan 42.5%
7 Chile41.3%
8 Spain40.3%
9 Lithuania40.0%
10 Italy39.6%
11 Latvia39.3%
11 United States39.3%
13 Estonia39.0%
14 Canada38.4%
15 Czech Republic38.0%
16 Costa Rica37.9%
17 Slovakia37.7%
18 Portugal37.4%
19 Israel37.1%
20 Greece37.0%
21 Hungary34.5%
22 France34.4%
22 Iceland34.4%
24 Australia33.4%
25 New Zealand33.2%
26 Ireland33.1%
27 Slovenia33.0%
28 Sweden31.3%
29 Finland30.1%
30 United Kingdom29.6%
31 Denmark28.6%
32 Luxembourg27.8%
33 Switzerland26.1%
34 Austria25.7%
35 Belgium24.9%
36 Germany23.3%
37 Norway22.9%
38 Netherlands18.7%

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 = -4.822089 X +8.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -213656.488150 X +121189.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23.646540 X +88.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.031092 X +1.576
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.643460 X +13.317
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039