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

The bar charts illustrate the

illiteracy

rates

in four different

regions

categorized by gender, for the previous year.

Overall

, the statistic of male

illiteracy

has always been lower compared to the one for

females

Male

illiteracy

rates

have consistently remained lower than those for

females

across all

regions

.

In particular

Specifically, in three

regions

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

illiteracy

rates

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%

for

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males

and 2%

for

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females

.

Similarly

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

rates

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

Conversely

, the remaining

regions

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

illiteracy

rates

, standing at 31% for

males

49% for

females

, and 29%, for

males

and 51% for

females

, respectively.

Finally

, South Asia recorded the highest

illiteracy

rates

for both genders, with figures reaching 33% for

males

and 56% for

females

.