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Question: During this academic year, when you have to read a book or a chapter from a book for yourtest language lessons, does the teacher usually ask you to do the following tasks in the classroom or for homework? - Give your personal thoughts about the book or the chapter (e.g. did you like it and if so, why?)
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Peru88.6%
2 Moldova87.6%
3 Kazakhstan 87.2%
4 Albania87.0%
5 Belarus86.6%
6 Ireland84.3%
7 Croatia84.2%
8 Mexico83.7%
9 Montenegro83.6%
10 Finland82.8%
10 Russian Federation82.8%
12 Romania82.3%
13 Estonia81.8%
14 Ukraine81.3%
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina80.8%
15 Kosovo80.8%
15 Latvia80.8%
15 Slovenia80.8%
19 Sweden80.6%
20 Dominican Republic80.1%
21 Colombia79.2%
22 Lithuania78.9%
23 China77.8%
24 Belgium77.7%
25 Norway77.5%
26 Philippines77.2%
26 Poland77.2%
28 United States76.9%
29 Macao, China76.8%
30 Georgia76.3%
31 Serbia75.5%
31 Thailand75.5%
33 Denmark75.3%
33 Turkiye75.3%
35 Canada75.2%
36 United Arab Emirates74.2%
37 Austria73.8%
38 Luxembourg73.6%
39 Azerbaijan73.2%
40 Chile72.9%
41 Italy72.8%
41 New Zealand72.8%
43 Indonesia72.4%
44 Switzerland71.7%
45 Iceland71.6%
46 Germany71.1%
47 Argentina71.0%
48 Jordan70.7%
49 Czech Republic70.5%
50 Singapore70.3%
51 Australia70.1%
52 Portugal70.0%
53 Viet Nam69.3%
54 France69.1%
55 Greece68.7%
56 Malaysia68.5%
57 Spain68.0%
57 Taiwan68.0%
59 United Kingdom67.7%
60 Panama67.4%
61 Brunei Darussalam67.3%
62 Cyprus66.7%
63 Netherlands66.2%
64 Hong Kong, China65.7%
65 Republic of Korea64.6%
66 Morocco64.0%
67 Saudi Arabia63.8%
68 Brazil63.5%
69 Qatar63.3%
70 Bulgaria63.1%
71 Uruguay62.9%
72 Malta62.5%
73 Slovakia62.1%
74 Costa Rica59.7%
74 Hungary59.7%
76 Israel53.5%
77 Japan48.3%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

No data for 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -0.888655 X +6.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -46204.730059 X +64702.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -17.344135 X +91.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -0.016906 X +1.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 15.357790 X -0.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043