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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)? Texts that include tables or graphs.
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland40.7%
2 United States39.9%
3 United Kingdom38.0%
4 Canada36.6%
5 Mexico35.0%
6 Colombia34.1%
7 Ireland33.6%
8 France33.2%
9 Netherlands33.1%
10 Australia33.0%
11 New Zealand32.1%
12 Denmark30.1%
13 Germany28.9%
14 Turkiye27.9%
15 Latvia26.7%
16 Lithuania26.4%
17 Spain25.7%
18 Japan25.4%
19 Finland25.1%
20 Estonia25.0%
21 Belgium23.9%
21 Hungary23.9%
23 Chile23.0%
24 Switzerland 22.5%
25 Israel20.5%
26 Slovakia20.4%
27 Austria19.9%
27 Luxembourg19.9%
29 Iceland19.7%
30 Italy19.3%
30 Portugal19.3%
32 Republic of Korea17.3%
33 Sweden16.9%
34 Norway16.0%
35 Czech Republic15.3%
36 Costa Rica15.1%
37 Slovenia14.5%
38 Greece13.2%

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 = -0.160332 X +6.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 9510.074457 X +42157.649
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -11.909040 X +82.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.303765 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -3.610026 X +10.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004