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 provided bar chart illustrates the proportion of world
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rates
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across six regions (Developed Countries, Latin American/Caribbean, East Asian/Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa,
Arab
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States
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, and South
Asia
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) by gender in the
last
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year. As an
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trend, it can be clearly seen that the total portion of women
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was higher than
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over the period in
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. Especially both genders
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accounted most significant size in South
Asia
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and
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the Arab
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,
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the least amount of
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size in developed countries. The gender gap for
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country
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countries
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an
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Latin
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/
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the Caribbean
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were no
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, despite
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were
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huge
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gap between
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and
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females
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in
illiteracy
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. In
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of
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who
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inability to read or write, South
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,
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and Sub-Saharan Africa estimated 30% approximately,
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this
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as opposed to
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countries
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roughly zero.
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male
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rate (less
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10%)
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than other regions in East
Asia
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,
women
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illiteracy
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was only 20%.
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, the amount of women
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in education
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represented the most advanced in Africa,
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,
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and South
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Asia
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48
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%, 53% and 55% respectively
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to men.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words illiteracy, arab, states, asia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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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