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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only if I have to.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines62.4%
2 Netherlands62.3%
3 Chile60.0%
4 Brunei Darussalam58.7%
4 Lithuania58.7%
6 Argentina58.5%
7 Norway56.7%
8 Croatia56.6%
9 Belgium56.4%
9 Slovenia56.4%
11 Costa Rica56.3%
11 Denmark56.3%
13 Sweden55.6%
14 Iceland55.4%
15 Thailand54.8%
16 United States54.2%
17 Republic of Korea53.7%
18 Australia53.0%
18 United Kingdom53.0%
20 Luxembourg52.6%
21 Switzerland52.5%
22 Romania52.2%
23 Cyprus52.1%
24 New Zealand51.8%
25 Austria51.7%
26 Ireland51.2%
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina50.0%
28 Finland49.9%
29 Panama49.4%
29 Taiwan49.4%
31 Germany49.2%
32 Czech Republic48.5%
33 Azerbaijan47.6%
33 Serbia47.6%
35 Canada47.2%
36 Greece46.8%
37 Macao, China46.6%
38 Saudi Arabia46.5%
39 United Arab Emirates46.4%
40 Mexico46.2%
41 Hong Kong, China45.9%
42 Belarus45.5%
42 Singapore45.5%
44 Latvia44.1%
44 Peru44.1%
46 Dominican Republic43.9%
46 Slovakia43.9%
48 Malta43.8%
49 Qatar43.2%
50 Estonia43.1%
51 Bulgaria42.7%
52 Spain42.3%
53 France42.0%
54 Israel41.5%
54 Montenegro41.5%
56 Kosovo40.8%
57 Colombia40.7%
58 Hungary40.1%
59 Moldova39.9%
60 Poland39.1%
61 Japan39.0%
62 Albania38.2%
63 Italy37.6%
64 Georgia35.2%
65 Uruguay33.9%
66 Russian Federation32.6%
67 Malaysia31.8%
68 Indonesia31.1%
69 Portugal30.1%
70 Morocco28.5%
71 Ukraine26.3%
72 Viet Nam25.5%
73 Jordan25.3%
74 Turkiye23.8%
75 Brazil22.5%
76 Kazakhstan 18.2%
77 China11.9%

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 = 4.074343 X +4.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 110846.486539 X -18980.470
Correlation coefficient (r)0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 12.999830 X +72.529
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -1.123468 X +2.183
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 5.949959 X +8.305
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011