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.

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people by sex in six areas for the

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year.

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, the estimated percentage of females who could not read and write was consistently higher than that of males in all six regions.

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, the

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rates in South Asia for both genders were higher than that of other areas. Nearly 57% of South Asian women were listed as

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people, compared to 33% of men counterparts.

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same trend, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the figure for Arab States, with respective numbers being around 52% and 29%.

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, the predicted share of

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females in Sub-Saharan Africa far exceeded that of males, which was approximately 48% and 32% respectively. The percentage of

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females in East Asia doubled that of males, which was at 20% and nearly 10%. The estimated shares of

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residents in developed countries were the lowest, with only 1% for men and about 3% for women. Meanwhile, these figures for Latin America were higher significantly, at 10% for men and 12% for women.