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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how you read books?
Choices: "I rarely or never read books." "I read books more often in paper format." "I read books more often on digital devices (e.g. ereader, tablet, smartphone, computer)." "I read books equally often in paper format and on digital devices."
Data: % of "I read books equally often in paper format and on digital devices."
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania34.8%
2 Macao, China33.4%
3 Kazakhstan32.0%
4 Belarus31.7%
5 Philippines31.2%
6 Thailand28.3%
7 Brunei Darussalam28.1%
8 Azerbaijan27.6%
9 Ukraine26.9%
10 China26.2%
10 Moldova26.2%
12 Malaysia25.7%
13 Kosovo25.6%
13 United Arab Emirates25.6%
15 Peru25.5%
16 Russian Federation25.4%
17 Singapore24.0%
18 Georgia23.4%
19 Indonesia22.9%
20 Argentina22.3%
21 Viet Nam21.8%
22 Dominican Republic21.2%
23 Montenegro21.0%
24 Taiwan20.7%
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina20.6%
26 Colombia20.2%
27 Jordan20.0%
27 Mexico20.0%
29 Chile19.7%
29 Qatar19.7%
31 Uruguay19.6%
32 Romania19.5%
33 Morocco18.5%
33 Panama18.5%
35 Costa Rica18.0%
36 Hong Kong, China17.9%
37 Greece17.8%
38 United States17.7%
39 Brazil17.5%
39 New Zealand17.5%
41 Bulgaria16.8%
42 Australia16.4%
43 Saudi Arabia16.0%
44 Latvia15.9%
45 Canada15.8%
46 Poland15.5%
47 Japan 15.4%
48 Hungary15.1%
48 Malta15.1%
50 Croatia15.0%
51 Serbia14.6%
52 Lithuania14.5%
53 Cyprus14.1%
54 Czech Republic13.8%
55 Estonia13.7%
56 Ireland13.6%
57 Iceland13.3%
58 Spain13.1%
59 Germany12.9%
60 Republic of Korea12.8%
61 Luxembourg12.3%
62 Portugal12.1%
63 United Kingdom11.3%
64 Italy10.9%
64 Turkiye10.9%
66 Austria10.8%
67 France10.6%
68 Switzerland10.0%
69 Israel9.9%
70 Denmark9.8%
71 Slovakia9.7%
71 Sweden9.7%
73 Slovenia8.7%
74 Norway8.5%
75 Finland8.3%
76 Belgium7.4%
77 Netherlands6.6%

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 = -6.029783 X +7.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -201535.560694 X +68207.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -37.974572 X +84.304
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.911951 X +1.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -6.955580 X +10.213
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009