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 given chart depicts the percentage of a lack of the ability to read and write through 2

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standards

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which are region and sexes around the world in the previous year

Overall

, it is apparent that developed countries have the smallest rates in both

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while

South Asia

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the biggest ones.

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,

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always saw

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bigger proportion in every

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With regard to the figures of 3 origins

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the left of the bar chart, East Asia experienced exactly 20% for

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and about 8% for

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while

Latin America saw a smaller gap between both sexes which is around 2%.

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was followed by developed countries which had the smallest numbers in 2 gender ,ranging from 2% to 3%. Moving onto the remaining regions, South Asia

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for about 34%

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girls and nearly 55%

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boys, making it the biggest gap in all origins. In terms of Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa, the figures for

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ranged from 48% to 52%

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the female ones ranged from 39% to 31%