The chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the year 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The chart given illustrates estimated global

illiteracy

rates in various territories and two genders in 2000. From an

overall

perspective, it is evident that the percentage of

illiteracy

in females higher than that of males in over the world.

In addition

, the South

Asia

region had the highest

illiteracy

proportion in both genders, developed countries,

however

, accounted for the lowest value. In terms of women, the

illiteracy

percentage in South

Asia

was highest, at about 55%. The data on Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa were lower, at 53% and nearly 50%, respectively.

Moreover

, East Asian/Oceanian female individuals who did not enjoy education came from occupied about 20% and over 10% of the total population, in turn, compared to over 10% for Latin America/Caribbean and just only 1% for developed nations.

Furthermore

, the

illiteracy

rate of men in South

Asia

was about 33%, meanwhile, the figures for Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa were somewhere in the vicinity of 30%.

Additionally

, the proportion of male residents who did not take part in school in East

Asia

/Oceania and Latin America was approximately 9% and about 10%, in the given order.

By contrast

, the data on developed countries was lowest, at just over 0%.