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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 Japan44.7%
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 France 29.7%
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 = -5.100494 X +8.401
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -172426.368926 X +101551.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10.559861 X +83.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.735506 X +1.334
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -19.486727 X +18.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127