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 beside illustrates approximate
illiteracy
rates
in the world, divided by region and by gender, in a specific year. The figures in the vertical axis are in percentage. The male and female sections are represented by the colours blue and purple, respectively. The horizontal axis shows the regions.
Overall
, South Asia has the highest rates
of illiteracy
, whereas
Developed Countries have the lowest, for both genders. Most women
in Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa do not know how to read and write properly. In all areas, women
have higher illiteracy
rates
than men. Men from Latin America and the Caribbean have illiteracy
rates
below 10%, while
women
have rates
not over 20%.
Males from Sub-Saharan Africa present almost three times more illiteracy
than males from Latin America and the Caribbean. The highest difference between men and women
is in Arab States, while
the lowest is in Developed Nations.
There is a huge difference in literacy when we compare region and gender around the planet.Submitted by fmulato on
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