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.

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.
The graph represents the average level of illiteracy among
women
and
men
worldwide
last
year.
According to
the chart, the lowest level of inability to read and write is indicated in the developed countries with only 1% of
men
and 2% of
women
.
Whereas
the highest number of illiteracy is in South Asia, where almost the majority of females are uneducated (more than 55%) and about a third of males which accounted for 33%.
On the other hand
, the lowest gap between
men
and
women
is in developed countries and Latin America, where female illiteracy rates are 1 and 2% higher respectively compared to males. The biggest distance between
women
and
men
in educational injustice could be seen in four out of six regions given in the bar chart. There are East Asia, Sub-Saharan, Arab States and South Asia.
Overall
,
last
year's figures constitute that
women
are more uneducated than
men
in all regions worldwide.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Illiteracy rates
  • Region
  • Gender disparity
  • Bar chart
  • Estimated
  • Summarise
  • Main features
  • Comparisons
  • Analyzing
  • Discrepancies
  • Significant
  • Pronounced
  • Speculation
  • Male
  • Female
  • Global perspective
  • Literacy
  • Educational attainment
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Cultural influences
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