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 graph compares forecasted world illiteracy rates by male and female in six areas for the

last

year, measured in percentage.

Overall

, the figures of illiterate women were higher than men in all regions, predominantly in Arab states and South

Asia

nations. To commence with, South

Asia

had the largest percentage of the population with no reading and writing abilities, dominated by females at approximately 55%

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males accounted for 35%.

On the contrary

, developed countries, barely above par

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genders, recorded the lowest statistics. In between those regions, ordered from the biggest to the least figure, were Arab States, Sub-Saharan Africa, East

Asia

, and Latin

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. Illiterate women in the first two areas mentioned were beyond 45%,

while

the rest were between 10 to 20%. The percentages of men who cannot read or write were lower than women, topped with South

Asia

, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa at merely above 30 and Arab states at barely below that number.

Lastly

, the least illiterate male population were in

Caribbean

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at precisely 10 and Oceania at roughly below that figure

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