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.

This

bar chart illustrates the

illiteracy

rates in six different regions i.e. developed

countries

, Latin America, East

Asia

, sub-Saharan Africa, Arab states and South

Asia

in the

last

year. The information in the bar chart is specified by gender i.e.

males

and

females

.

To begin

with, the

illiteracy

rate

in

south

Capitalize word

South

show examples

Asia

is at its peak which is around 35% for

males

and 55% for

females

.

On the other hand

, developed

countries

have the least

illiteracy

rate

which is hardly 1%

males

and 2%

females

.

Furthermore

, the

illiteracy

rate

of

females

in all six regions is higher than the

illiteracy

rate

of

males

. The difference between the

illiteracy

rate

of

females

and

males

is extremely high in South

Asia

, Arab

countries

and sub-Saharan Africa which is between 45% to 55%.

This

difference is

also

high in East

Asia

but the

overall

illiteracy

rate

is comparatively low. But in Latin America and Developed

countries

, the

overall

illiteracy

rate

and the difference between both genders is quite low.