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

The given bar chart illustrates the

rate

of illiterate men and women by region in 2000.

Overall

,

it is clear that

in all nations the degree of illiteracy of women was higher compared to that of men. In developed countries, the number of uneducated females was low,

while

in South

Asia

this

amount has higher. As it is observed from the illustration, in developed countries the

rate

of illiterate women was approximately 3 % and

this

proportion is increasing in other regions. In Latin America, the graph showed 10 % and in East

Asia

/Oceania was 20%. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

the amount of educated has an upward trend, and remained at 48%, 50% and 55%, respectively. In terms of illiterate males, in developed countries the untaught male

rate

was 1% and in Latin America,

this

rate

was 10%, but in East

Asia

/Oceania the illiterate males were less than in Latin America, the percentage was 8 %.

However

, in Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

the number of illiterate men was nearly the same, accounting for 30%, 28%, and 32%, respectively.