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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)? Digital texts including links.
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark56.5%
2 Russian Federation43.4%
3 Thailand40.7%
4 United States40.4%
5 Australia37.8%
5 Sweden37.8%
7 Albania37.4%
8 New Zealand36.6%
9 Dominican Republic34.1%
10 Panama32.9%
11 Canada31.5%
12 Indonesia31.2%
13 United Arab Emirates30.1%
14 Belarus30.0%
15 Mexico27.5%
16 Singapore27.4%
17 Morocco26.5%
18 Kazakhstan26.4%
19 Colombia24.8%
20 Finland24.6%
21 Saudi Arabia24.5%
22 Norway24.3%
23 Jordan24.1%
24 Philippines 23.8%
25 Kosovo23.2%
26 Bulgaria22.6%
27 Taiwan22.4%
28 Qatar22.3%
29 Hong Kong, China22.0%
30 Malta21.9%
31 Moldova21.7%
31 United Kingdom21.7%
33 Azerbaijan21.4%
34 Greece21.0%
35 Malaysia20.9%
36 Republic of Korea20.3%
36 Ukraine20.3%
38 Macao, China19.6%
39 Iceland19.4%
40 Spain19.1%
41 Slovenia18.8%
42 Brunei Darussalam18.7%
43 Cyprus18.6%
43 Israel18.6%
45 Hungary18.5%
46 Brazil18.4%
46 Costa Rica18.4%
48 Georgia18.2%
49 Romania17.9%
50 Latvia17.8%
51 Argentina17.6%
52 China17.4%
53 Slovakia17.3%
54 Netherlands16.9%
55 Lithuania16.8%
55 Montenegro16.8%
57 Peru16.3%
58 Estonia16.2%
59 Turkiye16.1%
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina15.9%
61 Serbia15.3%
62 Czech Republic15.1%
62 Poland15.1%
64 Uruguay13.8%
65 Chile13.6%
66 Ireland13.1%
67 Croatia12.6%
67 Italy12.6%
69 Portugal12.4%
70 Switzerland12.3%
71 Viet Nam11.4%
72 Luxembourg10.4%
73 France10.1%
74 Japan9.9%
75 Belgium9.7%
76 Austria8.7%
77 Germany6.7%

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 = 0.136015 X +6.243
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -6859.328059 X +32307.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -5.232010 X +79.495
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.547607 X +1.560
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -4.956364 X +12.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006