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 chart illustrates the percentages of

illiteracy

around the world by region and by gender from the previous year.

Overall

, it was estimated that the percentage of

illiteracy

among

females

was bigger than

males

in any region. As the bar chart shows, in developed countries and

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, there were

slightly

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differences

of

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illiteracy

rates between

females

and

males

. In developed countries, it was accounted that around 2% of

females

experienced

illteracy

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illiteracy

literacy

while

among

males

it was only nearly 1%. Meanwhile, in American Latin, it was estimated that about 12% of

females

witnessed

illteracy

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illiteracy

besides

it was only 10% of

males

experienced

illiteracy

.

Moreover

, in East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab states, and South Asia, the

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comparative

number of

illiteracy

between

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females

and

males

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significant. It was estimated the percentage of

illiteracy

among

females

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20%, around 48%, about 52%, and nearly 56%, respectively.

While

among

males

, it was accounted that the percentages of the inability

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read and write were about 8%, around 31%, nearly 30%, and around 34%, respectively.