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. Estimated world illiteracy rates, by region and by gender, last year

The graph illustrates the approximate proportions of people who cannot read and write in one year among 6 different regions

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demonstrating the percentages

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gender, the locations included; South Asia, the Arab States,

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Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia or Oceania, Latin America or the Caribbean and the developed countries.

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, South Asia populations scored the highest illiteracy percentages among both men and women.

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, the developed nations were the lowest when it comes to not educating their communities. Notably, females were more illiterate than males in all regions. The second highest rates of illiteracy were experienced by the Arab States, as most of the females were not educated and about 30% of males there were

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unable to read or write. More than 40% of girls and 30% of boys in Sub-Saharan Africa did not know how to read or write.

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, lack of education formed only around 10% of Latin Americans and East Asian men

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to 20%

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Asian women.