You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words. Estimated world illiteracy rates, by region and by gender, last year

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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.

You should write at least 150 words.

Estimated world illiteracy rates, by region and by gender, last year
The bar chart illustrates, the
percentage
of world illiteracy in 6 regions(developed
countries
-Latin Americans/Caribbean - East
Asia
/Oceania - Sub-Saharan Africa - Arab States and South
Asia
), divided by gender( male-female) in the
last
year.
Overall
, South
Asia
had the highest
percentage
of illiteracy in the world,
while
developed
countries
had less.
Furthermore
, women had the highest rates in the world. In terms of women, we can separate the figure into two groups, lowest and highest rates. The highest rates contain three
countries
(South
Asia
- Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa) that
percentage
was around (57% - 52% and 48% respectively).
While
the lowest
countries
were (developed
countries
- Latin Caribbean and East
Asia
/ Oceania) that
percentage
was around (2% - 12% and 20% respectively).
On the other hand
, the illiteracy
percentage
of men fluctuated between 1% and 35%. And like women, the highest rate was around (35% for South
Asia
- 31% for Sub-Saharan Africa and 28% for Arab States).
Moreover
, the lowest rate was around
at
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(1% for developed
countries
- 8% for East
Asia
/ Oceania, and 10% for Latin Caribbean and East
Asia
).
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