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 illustrates the amount number of people, divided into male and female, of world

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rates

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by region for the

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year. South Asia and Arab States have the highest world

illiteracy

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index, as it reaches almost 50% on average for the former, and around 40% on average for the latter. The standing is followed by Africa and East Asia on the fourth, hitting 35% and 15% both on average. Latin America has the second lowest rank with only 13%,

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only 2% of the

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rates

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. One noticeable feature is that women have higher

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rates

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than men.

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fact is interesting because it happens in every region.

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, in Latin American and developed countries, the comparison of

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between males and females

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not significant, with the estimated difference

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between 1-3%. Compared to the other four regions, the domination is influenced by women,

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the percentage of men’s

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index is only one-third of the women’s.