The chart below shows estimated world literacy rate by region and by gender for the year 2000.

The table illustrates the approximate percentage of illiteracy for both genders in several regions in 2000. Overview, the number of illiterate

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was higher compared to men for all six regions. The highest illiteracy rates were from South

Asia

whilst, the lowest was from the Developed countries. The developed countries had the lowest number of people who could not read as approximately not even 5% of their populations were illiterate. Males in East

Asia

also

have a low rate with less than 10% of them being unable to recognize letters.

In contrast

, more than 30% of males in South

Asia

were having a hard time recognizing letters. Females from both Developed Countries and Latin America were just approximately 1% more in terms of the rate of literacy compared to male citizens.

In contrast

, In the Arab States and South

Asia

, there were huge differences in the literacy percentage between genders with

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from both areas where more than 50% of them can not read.

Furthermore

, Around 55% of

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from South

Asia

were not able to read and

this

marked them as the one with the highest rate in terms of literacy compared to other regions.