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.

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of world

illiteracy

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based on gender in comparison with developed

countries

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and various

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worldwide for the past year.

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, it can be clearly seen that

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rates

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

Asia

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

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true. As expected,

illiteracy

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is least prominent in developed

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. For women,

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accends to extremely high

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in South

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

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and Oceania share the percentage of 20

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and are followed by Latin American and Caribbean

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with 12%. In developed

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

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, demonstrate much smaller proportions.

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, ratings of

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throughout the

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

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are going after East

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and Oceania with 8%. Latin American and Caribbean

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

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can be seen in developed

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.