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 given bar chart depicts

last

year's levels of approximated world illiteracy by region and by gender. In the diagram, the data is presented as percentages.

Overall

, clearly seen that the number of Illiterate women higher than the figure of

men

around the world.

In addition

, the highest level of Illiteracy was registered in South

Asia

,

moreover

, the lowest rate of Illiterate citizens was in the developed countries.

Firstly

, by gender, there are a majority of literate

men

in developed countries, Latin American/Caribbean and East

Asia

/Oceania with 1%, 10% and 8 % respectively.

Also

, the females in these regions have a high rate of education meanwhile their rates show 2%, 12% and 20%

accordingly

.

In contrast

, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

have approximately the same proportion of uneducated people including

men

31%, 29% and 34%, respectively.

Hence

, among lagging regions in terms of the education level of women South

Asia

, in the middle reveals the Arab States and the lowest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa.

However

, Arabian

men

are more educated in these three regions.