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 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.
✨ Do you want to improve your IELTS writing?
The given bar chart depicts the
rates
Use synonyms
of the world's illiteracy estimation that were categorized by region and gender in the past year.
Overall
Linking Words
, the trend showed that the competency of literation among females and males in South
Asia
Use synonyms
had the highest
rates
Use synonyms
.
According to
Linking Words
the chart, it can be seen that women from South
Asia
Use synonyms
reached more than half of illiteracy
rates
Use synonyms
around 55%, not too far from Arab states which are slightly above 50%. Meanwhile,
if
Correct word choice
apply
show examples
it
Correct pronoun usage
apply
show examples
compared to the females from developed countries who accounted for only 5%, Latin American and East
Asia
Use synonyms
more than doubled, about 12% and 20% respectively. Interestingly, the
rates
Use synonyms
of illiteracy among the males from all countries contributed less than the females. The percentages are no more than 40% for all nations, and approximately 30% in three regions (Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South
Asia
Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
the rest regions were only around 10% (developed countries,
Caribbean
Correct article usage
the Caribbean
show examples
, and Oceania).
Submitted by anastania.melinda on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Vocabulary: Replace the words rates, asia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Illiteracy rates
  • Region
  • Gender disparity
  • Bar chart
  • Estimated
  • Summarise
  • Main features
  • Comparisons
  • Analyzing
  • Discrepancies
  • Significant
  • Pronounced
  • Speculation
  • Male
  • Female
  • Global perspective
  • Literacy
  • Educational attainment
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Cultural influences
What to do next:
Look at other essays: