You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the global

illiteracy

rates across the region and

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the gender

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gender wise

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gender-wise

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. The statistical record was for

last

year only. The figures are represented in percentages. Developed countries have a majority literacy rate,

hence

lowest in the graph Latin/Caribbean region have around 10% of

male

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males

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and

female

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females

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are illiterate. Eat Asia/Oceania records most females were not educated, which

also

double the rate of

male

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males

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. In

sub Saharan

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sub-Saharan

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Africa has around 30%

males

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male

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and 50 %

female

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females

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illiteracy

. Arab states are the

second

in the figure. Here more than 50% of females are not studied. South Asia tops

in

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the graph. More than 30% of males and 50%

females

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of females

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are not able to read or write. It shows almost half

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a percentage

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percentage

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percent

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of people in

total

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the total

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population are not literate. From the picture, women have higher

illiteracy

rates when compared with

man

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men

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.

South east

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Southeast

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Asia has

overall

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an overall

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illiteracy

rate.