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

The bar graph presents estimated the percentage of world

illiteracy

by gender in six different regions for the

last

year.

Overall

, South

Asia

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the most

illiteracy

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in

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both

male

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males

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and

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females

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while

Developed Countries had the

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rates of

illiteracy

. As we can see from the chart, South

Asia

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the largest

illiteracy

both for

men

and

women

at about 34% and approximately

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55%. Arab States

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the second highest inability to read at more than 50% for

men

and around 20% less for

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women

followed by

Sub Saharan

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Africa for

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and

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males

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at just below 50% and just above 30%, respectively.

On the other hand

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three

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regions with the most literacy are Developed Countries, American/Caribbean, and East

Asia

/Oceania. It is most likely for the citizens in Developed Countries

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to read because the number of

illiteracy

was below 5% for both

men

and

women

while

for the American/Caribbean was around 10%.

Women

in East

Asia

/Oceania had more than double

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compared to

men

at 20%.