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. You should write at least 150 words.

the chart provided demonstrated the

percentage

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of people who can'

t

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read in the world, which depends on the region and the gender in the previous year.

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, there is a significant

percentage

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of

illiteracy

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in sub-Saharan Africa, Arab states South Asia and other regions. South Asia had the highest

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in six areas.

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in 3 areas had a higher rate of

illiteracy

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. the majority of the sex who can'

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read is female accounting for the ratio higher than the male, which was over four in ten

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year.

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, the men in Arab states can'

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literacy lower than two regions 29 per cent turning to the remaining charts, the areas the people can read were higher than

illiteracy

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so the developed countries had the lowest

illiteracy

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rates over the period.

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, the 2 others had the

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stood at 20 per cent or lower.

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, females in East Asia Oceania had a rate higher over double the time than the males who couldn'

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read.