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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 Philippines23.8%
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 Portugal 12.4%
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 data73
Regression equation
Y = 0.274693 X +6.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -6662.108387 X +34917.242
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -5.112243 X +79.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.534661 X +1.513
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 0.533466 X +8.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000