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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bar chart illustrates the

illiteracy

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rates in six different regions i.e. developed

countries

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, Latin America, East

Asia

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, sub-Saharan Africa, Arab states and South

Asia

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in the

last

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

males

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and

females

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.

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with, the

illiteracy

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rate

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in

south

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Asia

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is at its peak which is around 35% for

males

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and 55% for

females

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.

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, developed

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have the least

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rate

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which is hardly 1%

males

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and 2%

females

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.

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, the

illiteracy

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rate

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of

females

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in all six regions is higher than the

illiteracy

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rate

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of

males

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. The difference between the

illiteracy

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rate

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of

females

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and

males

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is extremely high in South

Asia

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, Arab

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

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difference is

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high in East

Asia

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but the

overall

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illiteracy

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rate

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is comparatively low. But in Latin America and Developed

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, the

overall

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illiteracy

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rate

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and the difference between both genders is quite low.