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.
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The given bar chart depicts
last
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year's levels of approximated world illiteracy by region and by gender. In the diagram, the data is presented as percentages.
Overall
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, clearly seen that the number of Illiterate women higher than the figure of
men
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around the world.
In addition
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, the highest level of Illiteracy was registered in South
Asia
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,
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, the lowest rate of Illiterate citizens was in the developed countries.
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, by gender, there are a majority of literate
men
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in developed countries, Latin American/Caribbean and East
Asia
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/Oceania with 1%, 10% and 8 % respectively.
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, the females in these regions have a high rate of education meanwhile their rates show 2%, 12% and 20%
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.
In contrast
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, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South
Asia
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have approximately the same proportion of uneducated people including
men
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31%, 29% and 34%, respectively.
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, among lagging regions in terms of the education level of women South
Asia
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, in the middle reveals the Arab States and the lowest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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, Arabian
men
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are more educated in these three regions.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words men, asia with synonyms.
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
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