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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:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Singapore51.6%
2 Russian Federation49.0%
3 Poland40.7%
4 United States39.9%
5 Belarus39.1%
6 Malaysia38.0%
6 United Kingdom38.0%
8 Canada36.6%
9 Albania36.2%
10 China35.5%
11 United Arab Emirates35.2%
12 Mexico35.0%
13 Brunei Darussalam34.7%
13 Dominican Republic34.7%
15 Peru34.4%
16 Colombia34.1%
17 Kazakhstan34.0%
18 Ireland33.6%
19 France33.2%
20 Netherlands33.1%
21 Australia33.0%
21 Morocco 33.0%
23 Azerbaijan32.3%
24 New Zealand32.1%
25 Brazil31.4%
26 Malta31.1%
27 Indonesia30.6%
28 Denmark30.1%
29 Ukraine29.2%
30 Germany28.9%
31 Georgia28.7%
31 Kosovo28.7%
33 Macao, China28.4%
34 Saudi Arabia28.3%
35 Qatar28.1%
36 Turkiye27.9%
37 Panama27.0%
38 Jordan26.9%
39 Latvia26.7%
39 Philippines26.7%
41 Lithuania26.4%
42 Spain25.7%
43 Japan25.4%
43 Thailand25.4%
45 Finland25.1%
46 Estonia25.0%
47 Moldova24.9%
48 Belgium23.9%
48 Hungary23.9%
50 Hong Kong, China23.8%
51 Taiwan23.3%
52 Chile23.0%
53 Switzerland22.5%
54 Argentina22.4%
55 Cyprus22.3%
56 Bulgaria21.8%
57 Israel20.5%
57 Romania20.5%
59 Slovakia20.4%
60 Austria19.9%
60 Luxembourg19.9%
62 Iceland19.7%
62 Uruguay19.7%
64 Italy19.3%
64 Portugal19.3%
66 Viet Nam18.9%
67 Republic of Korea17.3%
68 Sweden16.9%
69 Serbia16.4%
70 Montenegro16.2%
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina16.1%
72 Norway16.0%
73 Czech Republic15.3%
74 Costa Rica15.1%
75 Slovenia14.5%
76 Greece13.2%
77 Croatia11.9%

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 = -1.274089 X +6.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -2572.984111 X +31518.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -8.951173 X +80.793
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.520518 X +1.537
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -9.665632 X +13.601
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017