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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - I am able to understand difficult texts.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Kosovo81.5%
2 Sweden76.1%
3 Malta75.7%
4 Denmark75.4%
5 Albania74.2%
6 Jordan73.8%
7 Canada73.4%
8 United Kingdom73.3%
9 Australia73.0%
10 Norway72.9%
10 United States72.9%
12 Montenegro72.8%
13 Lithuania72.2%
14 Ireland72.0%
15 New Zealand71.9%
16 Romania71.8%
17 Belarus71.1%
18 Israel70.9%
19 Philippines70.5%
19 United Arab Emirates70.5%
21 Luxembourg70.3%
22 Slovenia70.2%
23 Kazakhstan70.1%
24 Austria69.5%
25 Moldova69.4%
26 Peru69.3%
27 Finland68.4%
28 Georgia68.1%
29 Ukraine68.0%
30 Turkiye67.2%
31 Germany67.0%
32 Poland66.8%
33 Hungary66.6%
34 Russian Federation66.3%
34 Switzerland66.3%
36 Saudi Arabia65.3%
37 Serbia64.8%
38 Estonia64.4%
39 Greece63.5%
39 Qatar63.5%
41 Mexico63.0%
42 Bosnia and Herzegovina62.7%
42 Spain62.7%
44 Iceland62.5%
45 Croatia62.3%
46 Panama61.8%
46 Thailand61.8%
48 Singapore61.7%
49 Netherlands61.6%
50 Colombia61.4%
51 Azerbaijan61.1%
51 Latvia61.1%
53 Italy60.9%
54 Dominican Republic60.5%
54 Indonesia60.5%
56 Chile59.5%
57 Bulgaria59.2%
58 France58.7%
59 Czech Republic58.0%
60 Portugal57.6%
61 Cyprus56.6%
62 Hong Kong, China55.6%
63 China55.2%
64 Argentina54.8%
65 Republic of Korea54.7%
66 Costa Rica54.6%
67 Malaysia54.2%
68 Brazil53.9%
69 Uruguay53.4%
70 Belgium53.1%
71 Brunei Darussalam52.9%
72 Slovakia52.0%
73 Morocco49.5%
74 Macao, China45.2%
75 Taiwan43.4%
76 Viet Nam35.6%
77 Japan 27.8%

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 = 1.542695 X +5.323
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 62796.979586 X -8122.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -1.613798 X +78.464
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.766296 X +1.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 3.179503 X +6.949
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003