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Question: During the last month, how often did you have to read the following types of texts for school (in the classroom or for homework)? Digital texts including links.
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark56.5%
2 United States40.4%
3 Australia37.8%
3 Sweden37.8%
5 New Zealand36.6%
6 Canada31.5%
7 Mexico27.5%
8 Colombia24.8%
9 Finland24.6%
10 Norway24.3%
11 United Kingdom21.7%
12 Greece21.0%
13 Republic of Korea20.3%
14 Iceland19.4%
15 Spain19.1%
16 Slovenia18.8%
17 Israel18.6%
18 Hungary18.5%
19 Costa Rica18.4%
20 Latvia17.8%
21 Slovakia17.3%
22 Netherlands16.9%
23 Lithuania16.8%
24 Estonia16.2%
25 Turkiye16.1%
26 Czech Republic15.1%
26 Poland15.1%
28 Chile13.6%
29 Ireland13.1%
30 Italy12.6%
31 Portugal12.4%
32 Switzerland12.3%
33 Luxembourg10.4%
34 France10.1%
35 Japan 9.9%
36 Belgium9.7%
37 Austria8.7%
38 Germany6.7%

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 = 1.821319 X +6.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 37527.567626 X +36999.504
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.503906 X +79.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.383933 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.797250 X +9.496
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002