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

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and females in six different states in the preceding year.

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,

it is clear that

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the female illiteracy

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is higher than

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in all regions,

while

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

According to

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last

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year's data, developed countries showed the lowest illiteracy

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

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.

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, the

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

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

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are illiterate respectively.

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

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lack literacy.