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 shows the estimation's proportion of

illiteracy

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in the previous year in terms of two criteria;

gender

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as well as

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region.

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, it can be clearly seen, that the

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rate

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of the female

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is remarkably towering in 3 regions, stating ; South Asia, Arab countries and sub-Saharan African regions,

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in the developed countries, the

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issue nearly exists. Glancing at the bar char reveals that, the female

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represents the highest proportion compared to the male

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in all regions; South Asia with approximately 55%

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the Male

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is roughly over 30%, Arab states come in the second stage with nearly 52% of illiterate female,

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nearly less than 30% of Male, speaking of sub-Saharan Africa illustrates roughly the same percentage as the Arabic states with less than 50% among female

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and slightly over 30% among Male

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, East Asia

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Latin America come in the

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ranking before the developed countries with approximately 2% , the

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of

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is nearly similar in the Caribbean among females and males with 11%,

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in Oceania, females represent 20%

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males only less than 10%,