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 given bar chart illustrates estimated

rates

of world

illiteracy

based on gender in comparison with developed

countries

and various

regions

worldwide for the past year.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen that

illiteracy

rates

are consistently higher for females around the world. The trend is prominent primarily in South

Asia

, Arab States, and Sub-Saharan Africa. For males,

this

is

also

true. As expected,

illiteracy

is least prominent in developed

countries

. For women,

illiteracy

accends to extremely high

rates

in South

Asia

, the Arab States, and Sub-Saharan Africa, with approximate numbers of 55, 52, and 47 per cent, respectively. East

Asia

and Oceania share the percentage of 20

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and are followed by Latin American and Caribbean

regions

with 12%. In developed

countries

the number is astoundingly low, being only 2%. Men,

on the other hand

, demonstrate much smaller proportions.

Nevertheless

, ratings of

illiteracy

throughout the

regions

remain indifferent, so the previous three regional leaders have 34%, 29%, and 31%. And

similarly

, these

rates

are going after East

Asia

and Oceania with 8%. Latin American and Caribbean

regions

' male proportions are not too different from female ones, with exactly 10%. 1% of

illiteracy

can be seen in developed

countries

.