Who Reads More? And the answer is .... INDIANS

NOP World Culture Score Index had released this years scores. Surprisingly India ranks first with 10.7 Mean hours per week.

            Reading                     Computer/Internet
                                         (Not for Work)***
                      Mean Hours                       Mean Hours
     India              10.7         Taiwan               12.6
     Thailand            9.4         Thailand             11.7
     China               8.0         Spain                11.5
     Philippines         7.6         Hungary              10.9
     Egypt               7.5         China                10.8
     Czech Republic      7.4         Hong Kong            10.7
     Russia              7.1         Poland               10.6
     Sweden              6.9         Turkey               10.6
     France              6.9         Brazil               10.5
     Hungary             6.8         Egypt                10.3
     Saudi Arabia        6.8         Philippines           9.8
     Hong Kong           6.7         Korea                 9.6
     Poland              6.5*        Saudi Arabia          9.3
     GLOBAL              6.5         South Africa          9.0
     Venezuela           6.4         GLOBAL                8.9
     South Africa        6.3         Argentina             8.9**
     Australia           6.3         Russia                8.9**
     Indonesia           6.0         France                8.8
     Argentina           5.9         U.K.                  8.8
     Turkey              5.9         USA                   8.8
     Spain               5.8         Canada                8.3
     Canada              5.8         Sweden                8.0
     Germany             5.7         India                 7.9
     USA                 5.7         Indonesia             7.7
     Italy               5.6         Venezuela             7.5
     Mexico              5.5         Australia             7.0
     U.K.                5.3         Czech Republic        7.0
     Brazil              5.2         Japan                 6.9
     Taiwan              5.0         Germany               6.4
     Japan               4.1         Italy                 6.3
     Korea               3.1         Mexico                6.3

          Watching TV                    Listening to Radio
 
                    Mean Hours                         Mean Hours
     Thailand          22.4          Argentina            20.8
     Philippines       21.0          Brazil               17.2
     Egypt             20.9          South Africa         15.0
     Turkey            20.2          Czech Republic       13.5
     Indonesia         19.7          Thailand             13.3
     USA               19.0          Turkey               13.3
     Taiwan            18.9          Poland               12.5
     Brazil            18.4          Hungary              12.1
     U.K.              18.0          Germany              11.5
     Japan             17.9          Australia            11.3
     Saudi Arabia      17.7          Mexico               11.1
     France            17.3          Sweden               10.9
     Hong Kong         16.7          U.K.                 10.5
     GLOBAL            16.6          USA                  10.2
     Czech Republic    16.2          Spain                 9.9
     Poland            15.9          Philippines           9.5
     Spain             15.9          Canada                9.1
     China             15.7          Egypt                 9.0
     Korea             15.4          France                9.0
     Germany           15.2          GLOBAL                8.0
     Hungary           15.1          Venezuela             7.6
     Russia            15.0          Italy                 7.2
     Italy             14.9          Russia                6.6
     South Africa      14.8          Indonesia             5.8
     Canada            14.7          Hong Kong             5.1
     Argentina         14.0          Taiwan                4.7
     Australia         13.3          Japan                 4.1
     India             13.3          India                 4.1
     Sweden            12.3          Saudi Arabia          3.9
     Venezuela         11.9          Korea                 3.0
     Mexico            11.6          China                 2.1

 

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