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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - I am able to understand difficult texts.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden76.1%
2 Denmark75.4%
3 Canada73.4%
4 United Kingdom73.3%
5 Australia73.0%
6 Norway72.9%
6 United States72.9%
8 Lithuania72.2%
9 Ireland72.0%
10 New Zealand71.9%
11 Israel70.9%
12 Luxembourg70.3%
13 Slovenia70.2%
14 Austria69.5%
15 Finland68.4%
16 Turkiye67.2%
17 Germany67.0%
18 Poland66.8%
19 Hungary66.6%
20 Switzerland66.3%
21 Estonia64.4%
22 Greece63.5%
23 Mexico63.0%
24 Spain62.7%
25 Iceland62.5%
26 Netherlands61.6%
27 Colombia61.4%
28 Latvia 61.1%
29 Italy60.9%
30 Chile59.5%
31 France58.7%
32 Czech Republic58.0%
33 Portugal57.6%
34 Republic of Korea54.7%
35 Costa Rica54.6%
36 Belgium53.1%
37 Slovakia52.0%
38 Japan27.8%

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 = 2.619669 X +4.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 129008.955249 X -38704.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.152990 X +79.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.873494 X +1.023
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.863258 X +11.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002