Task 1. The chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year.

The chart provides information about the proportion of illiterate females and males in 6 different regions in 2000.

Overall

, the

number

of illiterate people in Developed

countries

, Latin America/Caribbean, and East

Asia

/Oceania was lower compared to Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South

Asia

; where the rates of illiterate people in South

Asia

were the highest than other regions, and Developed

countries

had the lowest numbers. From the chart given, it is noticeable that the rate for illiterate men in Developed

countries

was around 2%, and the

number

for women was approximately 5%. In Latin America, there was a small difference between the proportion of illiterate people, approximately 10% for males and 11% for females;

whereas

the

number

of illiterate women in East

Asia

more doubled than the

men

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number of men

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which

was

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were

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around 20% and 10% respectively. In regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South

Asia

, the figures of illiterate females were higher compared to males. In terms of the illiteracy

number

for men, it was 30% in Sub-Saharan Africa, slightly under 30% in

Arab

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the Arab

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States, and around 35% in South

Asia

;

whereas

for women, it was slightly under 50%, around 50%, and approximately 55% in those three

countries

respectively.