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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:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China82.7%
2 Albania74.7%
3 Kazakhstan73.1%
4 Viet Nam72.1%
5 Indonesia71.8%
6 Philippines71.7%
7 Kosovo71.4%
8 Thailand65.8%
9 Jordan64.0%
10 Turkiye63.7%
11 Malaysia62.3%
12 Peru61.9%
13 Azerbaijan61.3%
14 Taiwan59.7%
15 Hong Kong, China58.9%
16 Saudi Arabia58.3%
17 United Arab Emirates 57.9%
18 Morocco56.9%
19 Macao, China56.6%
20 Brunei Darussalam56.2%
21 Georgia55.6%
22 Mexico55.5%
23 Dominican Republic55.4%
24 Colombia54.0%
25 Panama52.0%
26 Qatar50.0%
27 Russian Federation49.0%
28 Singapore48.5%
29 Belarus46.3%
30 Moldova45.8%
31 Japan44.7%
32 Bulgaria43.6%
33 Brazil43.1%
34 Ukraine43.0%
35 Romania42.2%
36 Republic of Korea41.9%
37 Costa Rica40.9%
38 Uruguay40.8%
39 Poland39.9%
40 Slovakia39.5%
41 Israel39.0%
42 Italy38.2%
43 Montenegro37.8%
44 Argentina37.4%
45 Chile37.1%
46 Malta36.9%
47 Czech Republic35.9%
48 Canada35.6%
49 Spain35.1%
50 Greece34.6%
51 Hungary34.2%
52 Lithuania33.6%
53 New Zealand33.3%
54 Latvia32.7%
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina32.6%
56 Australia32.5%
57 United States32.3%
58 Portugal31.6%
58 Serbia31.6%
60 Estonia30.9%
61 Ireland30.3%
62 France29.7%
63 Austria27.8%
64 Luxembourg26.9%
65 United Kingdom26.6%
66 Germany25.8%
67 Slovenia25.5%
68 Switzerland25.4%
69 Finland24.8%
70 Sweden23.8%
71 Iceland23.2%
72 Cyprus22.3%
73 Croatia22.2%
74 Belgium21.0%
75 Norway19.7%
76 Netherlands18.0%
77 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.

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 = -3.168527 X +7.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -93085.805000 X +71138.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -12.428782 X +83.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.172023 X +1.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -16.731602 X +18.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184