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 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.
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The bar chart represents percentages of uneducated people by region and by gender in the
last
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year.
Overall
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, three regions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South
Asia
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, have the highest rates of
illiteracy
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,
while
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the developed countries region has the lowest amount.
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, the
illiteracy
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percentage for
women
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is higher than for
men
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, the biggest disparities in these numbers are in all regions except developed countries and Latin American/Caribbean regions. The figure of
illiteracy
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in South
Asia
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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
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respectively. The number of uneducated
men
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and
women
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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
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and
women
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without education is in East
Asia
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and Oceania and its value accounted for 2 times, 20% is the
illiteracy
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rate for
women
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and just below 10% for
men
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.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words asia, illiteracy, women, men with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just below" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Illiteracy rates
  • Region
  • Gender disparity
  • Bar chart
  • Estimated
  • Summarise
  • Main features
  • Comparisons
  • Analyzing
  • Discrepancies
  • Significant
  • Pronounced
  • Speculation
  • Male
  • Female
  • Global perspective
  • Literacy
  • Educational attainment
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Cultural influences
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