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.
The bar chart below provides data on estimated world illiteracy rates by 6 different regions and by sex for the previous year.
Overall
, it can be seen that the illiteracy of
women
exceeds
men
's in all 6 regions (developed
countries
, Caribbean, East
Asia
, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, South
Asia
), but the highest rate is recorded in South
Asia
and the lowest in developed
countries
, surprisingly the gap is more than 50
percent
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.
To begin
with, the top 3
countries
where education is not spread between
men
and
women
are Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, and South
Asia
.
Whereas
in developed
countries
, Caribbean and Oceania illiteracy rate
are
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much lower, to compare them in detail it can be seen that in developed
countries
the proportion of unlearned
men
is around 1
percent
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and
women
a little higher than
this
but in South
Asia
, the proportion of illiterate
women
is under 60 and
men
over 30 percentages.
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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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