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 chart illustrates the number of estimated illiteracy people in six regions from the

last

year, divided by gender. The rates were measured in percentages.

Overall

, countries with the highest illiteracy rates were Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

.

However

, in all regions, there were more

women

who could not read or write rather than

men

.

Last

year, South

Asia

was the most illiterate area, and the number of illiterate

women

was almost twofold

men

's number (about 56% and 32%, respectively).

Moreover

, it was followed by Arab States, with about 53% of

women

and around 29% of

men

. In Africa, illiterate females were almost 50% of the

women

population and approximately 32% of

men

were illiterate.

In contrast

, developed countries, Latin American/Caribbean, and East

Asia

/Oceania showed big differences, in which almost all of the population was literate. In developed countries, the level of illiteracy was close to zero.

Additionally

,

here

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there

show examples

were no significant dissimilarities in

men

's and

women

's illiterate rates in Latin America, with only around 10% of the populace. Meanwhile, illiterate

women

in East

Asia

/Oceania over-doubled the

men

's percentage (around 20% and 8%, respectively).