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.

The bar chart represents percentages of uneducated people by region and by gender in the

last

year.

Overall

, three regions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South

Asia

, have the highest rates of

illiteracy

,

while

the developed countries region has the lowest amount.

Additionally

, the

illiteracy

percentage for

women

is higher than for

men

, the biggest disparities in these numbers are in all regions except developed countries and Latin American/Caribbean regions. The figure of

illiteracy

in South

Asia

for females is approximately over 55% which is the highest rate, the other high rates are just over 50% and under 50% in Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa respectively. The number of uneducated males in these districts is almost the same and fluctuated around 30%, just over 30%, just below 30%, and around 34% in Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South

Asia

respectively. The number of uneducated

men

and

women

is almost the same in developed countries and Latin American/Caribbean sectors and accounts for just about 1% and just over 10%. The biggest difference between the numbers of

men

and

women

without education is in East

Asia

and Oceania and its value accounted for 2 times, 20% is the

illiteracy

rate for

women

and just below 10% for

men

.