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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 diagrams or maps.
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Singapore47.9%
2 Russian Federation43.1%
3 Peru41.9%
4 Malaysia39.9%
4 Mexico39.9%
6 Dominican Republic38.8%
7 Morocco 38.5%
8 Jordan37.5%
9 United States37.1%
10 Albania36.5%
11 United Arab Emirates36.3%
12 Panama35.2%
13 China35.1%
14 Colombia34.6%
15 Ireland34.4%
16 France34.1%
17 Georgia34.0%
17 Poland34.0%
19 United Kingdom33.9%
20 Saudi Arabia33.4%
21 Brunei Darussalam33.1%
22 Qatar32.0%
23 Canada31.3%
24 Azerbaijan30.4%
25 Kosovo29.5%
25 Turkiye29.5%
27 Belarus29.2%
28 Macao, China29.1%
29 Malta29.0%
30 Kazakhstan28.9%
31 Italy28.8%
32 Australia28.4%
33 Hungary28.0%
34 Finland27.7%
35 Germany27.4%
36 Taiwan26.8%
37 Philippines26.4%
38 Brazil25.7%
39 Moldova25.3%
40 Japan25.0%
41 Indonesia24.8%
42 Lithuania24.6%
43 Thailand24.5%
44 New Zealand24.3%
45 Belgium24.2%
46 Denmark24.1%
47 Argentina23.5%
48 Estonia22.2%
49 Iceland22.0%
50 Uruguay21.9%
51 Ukraine21.8%
52 Luxembourg21.1%
53 Latvia20.9%
54 Bulgaria20.7%
55 Switzerland20.6%
56 Romania19.5%
57 Chile19.0%
57 Hong Kong, China19.0%
59 Spain17.6%
60 Austria16.6%
61 Slovakia16.4%
62 Cyprus16.1%
63 Netherlands15.9%
64 Israel15.7%
64 Viet Nam15.7%
66 Portugal14.8%
67 Sweden14.4%
68 Montenegro14.0%
68 Slovenia14.0%
70 Republic of Korea13.6%
71 Costa Rica13.4%
71 Serbia13.4%
73 Norway12.5%
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina12.2%
75 Greece11.1%
76 Croatia10.7%
77 Czech Republic9.2%

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 = -2.125333 X +6.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -21139.019560 X +36266.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -9.395374 X +80.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.251777 X +1.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -19.053829 X +15.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081