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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I like talking about books with other people.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China75.4%
2 Albania74.1%
3 Kosovo69.8%
4 Indonesia67.6%
5 Philippines66.0%
6 Turkiye62.3%
7 Kazakhstan 60.5%
8 Peru59.0%
9 Georgia58.1%
10 United Arab Emirates57.1%
11 Jordan56.0%
12 Azerbaijan55.6%
13 Belarus54.5%
14 Thailand53.8%
15 Ukraine53.6%
16 Taiwan52.7%
17 Morocco52.5%
18 Malaysia52.2%
19 Dominican Republic51.6%
19 Saudi Arabia51.6%
21 Russian Federation51.5%
22 Colombia50.8%
23 Mexico50.5%
24 Viet Nam49.9%
25 Moldova49.5%
26 Hong Kong, China48.2%
27 Qatar46.9%
28 Panama46.4%
29 Macao, China45.8%
30 Brunei Darussalam45.5%
31 Montenegro44.9%
31 Republic of Korea44.9%
33 Brazil44.2%
34 Poland44.1%
35 Romania43.0%
36 Bulgaria42.7%
37 Japan42.5%
38 Chile41.3%
39 Singapore40.8%
40 Spain40.3%
41 Lithuania40.0%
42 Italy39.6%
43 Latvia39.3%
43 United States39.3%
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina39.0%
45 Estonia39.0%
47 Serbia38.8%
48 Canada38.4%
49 Czech Republic38.0%
50 Costa Rica37.9%
51 Slovakia37.7%
52 Portugal37.4%
53 Israel37.1%
54 Greece37.0%
55 Malta36.3%
56 Uruguay36.2%
57 Argentina35.0%
58 Hungary34.5%
59 France34.4%
59 Iceland34.4%
61 Cyprus33.5%
62 Australia33.4%
63 New Zealand33.2%
64 Ireland33.1%
65 Slovenia33.0%
66 Sweden31.3%
67 Finland30.1%
68 United Kingdom29.6%
69 Denmark28.6%
70 Croatia28.5%
71 Luxembourg27.8%
72 Switzerland26.1%
73 Austria25.7%
74 Belgium24.9%
75 Germany23.3%
76 Norway22.9%
77 Netherlands18.7%

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 = -4.358844 X +8.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -137687.711791 X +90379.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -18.958730 X +86.539
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.284081 X +1.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -16.886655 X +18.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110