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

The bar charts illustrate the

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rates

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in four different

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categorized by gender, for the previous year.

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, the statistic of male

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has always been lower compared to the one for

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Male

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rates

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have consistently remained lower than those for

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across all

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.

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Specifically, in three

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(Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South Asia),

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rates

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were notably higher for both genders. Over the recorded period, the percentage of illiterate individuals was at its lowest in developed countries, where they constituted an insignificant (negligible) minority, with a percentage accounting for merely 1%

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males

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and 2%

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.

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, in Latin America/Caribbean and East Asia/Oceania, these

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represented a smaller (fraction) minority, ranging hovering between 10% and 20%.

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, the remaining

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showed/ demonstrated the highest percentages. Notably, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab States exhibit similar

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rates

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, standing at 31% for

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49% for

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, and 29%, for

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and 51% for

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, respectively.

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, South Asia recorded the highest

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rates

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for both genders, with figures reaching 33% for

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and 56% for

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.