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.

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graph illustrates the estimated world

illiteracy

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proportions for males and

females

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, by region and by year.

Firstly

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, the highest

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for

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was in South

Asia

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almost 55.

Secondly

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, Arab States were in second place for female

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percentage, 51. Followed by Sub-Saharan Africa it was

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at 48

.

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, These were the highest three countries for

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females

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illiteracy

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rates. But in East

Asia

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, the

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rate

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dropped to 20,

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it fell to 11 in Latin America.

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, for males

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illiteracy

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the proportions were much lower than

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for

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females

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. The highest three countries were in South

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, Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa,

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nearly 35, 29 and 30.

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, the proportion of

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in Developed countries was the lowest

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of all.

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, in Latin

America

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the

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for

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male

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was at 10, which is low compared to others.

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comes East

Asia

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lower than the Caribbean

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.