The bar chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year.
The bar chart below compares estimated global
illiteracy
rates
by region and gender for the last
year. Overall
, women's rates
were higher than men's around the world. In addition
, illiteracy
was significantly higher in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab world and South Asia
.
Developed countries had the lowest illiteracy
rates
for both sexes, while
South Asia
had the highest. For males, the illiteracy
rate was below 30% in 4 different regions, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
. On the other hand
, the female rate was above 30% in 3 regions. In addition
, the women’s rates
varied between 12% and 20% for the Caribbean and East Asia
.
One of the interesting data is that the illiteracy
rates
for men and women in the Americas/Caribbean were almost similar at 10% and 12% respectively. It is another kettle in fish in the Arab States, where the difference between male and female rates
was considerably higher at 28% and 52% respectively.Submitted by hburakdisli on
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