The bar chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year.

The bar graph provides information about the illiteracy rates of

males

and females in six different states in the preceding year.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the female illiteracy

rate

is higher than

males

in all regions,

while

the proportion of the uneducated population was higher in South Asia and lowest in developed countries.

According to

last

year's data, developed countries showed the lowest illiteracy

rate

. Approximately 22% and 28% people of in Latin America and East Asia are unable to read and write, with women showing the greater

rate

.

however

, the

rate

rose significantly in the remaining case. In South Asia, around 55% and 32% of women and men were uneducated respectively,

whereas

, in the Arab States, approximately 52% of females and 29% of

males

are illiterate respectively.

furthermore

, in the Sub-Saharan States, about 48% of females and 32% of

males

lack literacy.