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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estimation based on region and gender in the

last

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year.

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, the percentage of female illiterateness

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was higher than males in all regions. Notably, the developed countries saw the lowest rate and South

Asia

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was the highest in both genders. To commence with, the functional

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rates

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in developed countries were only a tiny fraction for both sexes, making them the lowest percentage. Regarding the American or Caribbean, the male and female functional

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rate was at about 10% and 12%, respectively;

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, in East

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and Oceania, the male percentage was lower by 2%,

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the woman was higher at 20%. As regards Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South

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,

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were the three highest illiterateness

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estimated, where the male functional

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rates

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were about 31%, 28%, and 35%

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. Meanwhile, woman

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rates

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were roughly 47% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 52% in Arab States, and 56% in South

Asia

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, thereby making

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region the highest estimated world illiterateness in both gender and region categories.