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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - For me, reading is a waste of time.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands42.1%
2 Belgium41.0%
3 Norway39.4%
4 Croatia37.8%
5 Czech Republic37.6%
6 Finland36.9%
7 Sweden36.6%
8 Slovenia36.3%
9 Switzerland34.9%
10 Austria34.4%
11 Lithuania33.8%
12 Germany33.3%
13 Luxembourg33.0%
14 Australia31.0%
15 France30.8%
16 Denmark30.6%
17 United Kingdom30.0%
18 Iceland29.9%
19 Hungary29.5%
20 Cyprus29.4%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina27.6%
21 New Zealand27.6%
23 United States27.5%
24 Serbia27.2%
24 Slovakia27.2%
26 Romania26.9%
27 Estonia26.8%
28 Latvia26.7%
29 Ireland26.5%
30 Canada26.0%
31 Italy25.5%
32 Malta25.4%
33 Israel25.2%
34 Qatar24.8%
35 Poland24.7%
36 Thailand24.3%
37 United Arab Emirates24.0%
38 Philippines23.9%
39 Jordan22.7%
40 Taiwan22.5%
41 Saudi Arabia22.3%
42 Spain22.1%
43 Singapore21.9%
44 Bulgaria21.6%
45 Portugal21.4%
46 Hong Kong, China21.0%
47 Montenegro20.6%
48 Moldova20.5%
49 Argentina19.3%
49 Chile19.3%
51 Macao, China18.4%
52 Costa Rica18.1%
53 Azerbaijan17.6%
53 Russian Federation17.6%
55 Georgia15.8%
56 Greece15.7%
57 Ukraine15.6%
58 Republic of Korea15.5%
59 Japan15.4%
60 Uruguay14.2%
61 Indonesia13.8%
61 Panama13.8%
63 Belarus13.7%
64 Albania13.2%
64 Dominican Republic13.2%
66 Brunei Darussalam12.7%
66 Mexico12.7%
68 Morocco 12.2%
69 Turkiye12.1%
70 Colombia12.0%
70 Kosovo12.0%
72 Kazakhstan11.3%
73 Malaysia9.8%
74 Brazil9.3%
75 Peru8.5%
76 Viet Nam7.6%
77 China5.3%

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 = 5.723993 X +4.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 179955.201272 X -10507.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 18.402281 X +74.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -1.561714 X +2.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 21.718480 X +5.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101