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 infographic illustrates data of amount of population who are illiterate, in percentage, in six different areas of the world for

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year.

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, what stands out from the diagram is that many people are not able to read and write in many parts of the world.

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, women constitute the greatest proportion. The gender gap was so dramatic in South

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, Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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difference dropped rapidly in East

Asia

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, Latin American and Developed

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. Looking at the details, South

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, Arab States, and Sub-Saharan Africa are among the regions which

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the highest rate of people who are unable to read and write, with nearly 70 per cent of men and almost 35 per cent of women, respectively, for South

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.

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proportion has remarkably decreased for the other three areas namely, East

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, Latin America and Developed

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. Developed

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(approximately two

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) the smallest ratio among all six

countries

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surveyed.