The chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the year 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the year 2000.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.
The given chart illustrates the
illiteracy
rate
between six
regions
.
Moreover
, it
also
compares the education of
men
and
women
living in these
regions
. The data is based on
the
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information taken in the year 2000. The chart shows that the developed countries have the lowest
illiteracy
rate
that
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which
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is close to zero.
While
,
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South
Asia
has the highest
illiteracy
rate
. Arab states are the
second
highest in
this
regard. Sub-Saharan Africa is slightly
uneducated
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more uneducated
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than
Arab
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the Arab
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States. Latin America and East
Asia
show less
illiteracy
rate
. Interestingly, in all the six
regions
, when compared,
women
are more illiterate than
men
. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab states and South
Asia
the
percentage
of uneducated
men
are
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is
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from 30
percent
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per cent
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to 40
percent
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per cent
show examples
.
On the other
hand
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the
percentage
of illiterate
women
is from 48 to 55.
Likewise
, in East
Asia
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,Asia
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the number of illiterate
women
are
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is
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higher than
men
, i.e., 20 and 8 respectively. As far as Latin America is concerned, there is a slight difference between the number of illiterate
women
(10
percent
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per cent
show examples
) and
men
(11
percent
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per cent
show examples
).
Overall
the graph depicts that in all
the
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six
regions
the
percentage
of illiterate
women
is higher than the
percentage
of illiterate
men
.
In addition
, developed countries show the lowest
illiteracy
rate
as compared to
other
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the other
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five
regions
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words illiteracy, rate, regions, men, women, asia, percentage, percent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.

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