The bar chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year.

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bar chart depicts the rate of illiteracy in some parts of the world in

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year, categorised by gender.

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had

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than

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in all regions.

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, the highest figure was recorded in South Asia

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both genders,

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the opposite was true for developed countries. The proportion of women who can not read and write in South Asia was nearly 56%, followed by 52% in Arab States and 47% in Sub-Saharan Africa. These numbers for men were nearly 30% lower, with 34%, 29%, and 31% in turn. Turning to

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remaining areas, it is noticeable that the female figure in East Asia and Oceania was nearly twice as much as that in Latin

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and

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, with approximately 12% compared to 20%. These

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for

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were around 10% in the above regions.

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, developed countries had the lowest proportion of illiteracy rates in both genders, with 1% of

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and 2% of

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.