You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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 bar chart illustrates an estimation of
illiteracy
rates in the world based on region and gender in the year before. The unit measurement is in percentage. As a starter, the highest male
illiteracy
rate was in South
Asia
around 34%. It was followed closely by Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab States by over 30% and less than 30%, respectively. On the bottom, there were Latin American/Caribbean about 10%, and East
Asia
/Oceania approximately
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8%.
Furthermore
, the lowest is Developed Countries about less than 5%.
On the other hand
, the highest
illiteracy
among females was in South
Asia
around 55%, followed closely behind by Arab States with over 50%. In the middle, East
Asia
/Oceania and Latin
American
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America
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/Caribbean accumulated around 33% in total.
Moreover
, the
last
place there was Developed countries about 2%.
Overall
, the majority of the
illiteracy
rate is composed of females with its highest in the South
Asia
Region. The gap between both genders was high.
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