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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only to get information that I need.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia66.9%
2 Brunei Darussalam64.5%
3 Philippines61.4%
4 Argentina60.1%
4 Norway60.1%
6 Romania59.8%
7 Netherlands58.7%
8 Ukraine 58.6%
9 Moldova58.0%
10 Lithuania57.8%
11 Saudi Arabia57.7%
11 Thailand57.7%
13 Croatia57.6%
14 Chile57.0%
15 Sweden55.6%
16 United Kingdom55.4%
17 Jordan54.6%
18 Costa Rica54.5%
19 Belarus54.4%
20 Indonesia54.3%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina53.8%
22 Kazakhstan53.7%
23 Belgium53.4%
23 Denmark53.4%
25 Germany53.1%
26 Cyprus53.0%
27 Mexico52.8%
27 Serbia52.8%
29 Slovenia52.7%
29 United States52.7%
31 Georgia52.6%
32 Austria52.5%
33 Australia52.2%
34 Ireland51.6%
34 Switzerland51.6%
36 Morocco51.4%
36 New Zealand51.4%
36 Panama51.4%
36 Russian Federation51.4%
40 Finland51.0%
41 Latvia50.9%
42 Macao, China50.4%
43 United Arab Emirates50.1%
44 Iceland49.8%
45 Bulgaria49.1%
46 Luxembourg48.6%
47 Qatar48.1%
48 Hungary48.0%
48 Taiwan48.0%
50 Dominican Republic47.9%
51 Singapore47.7%
52 Brazil47.5%
52 Montenegro47.5%
54 Azerbaijan47.3%
55 Malta47.2%
56 France46.8%
57 Hong Kong, China46.4%
57 Italy46.4%
59 Canada46.2%
60 Estonia46.1%
61 Viet Nam46.0%
62 Peru45.9%
63 Israel45.8%
63 Portugal45.8%
63 Slovakia45.8%
66 Czech Republic45.1%
67 Poland44.8%
68 Colombia44.6%
69 Spain44.3%
70 Albania44.2%
71 Uruguay43.4%
72 Kosovo43.1%
73 Greece36.3%
74 Republic of Korea34.5%
75 Turkiye33.3%
76 Japan27.7%
77 China27.3%

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 = 1.688548 X +5.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 11861.996936 X +24857.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -13.976248 X +85.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.953413 X +1.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -1.695027 X +11.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000