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 provided bar chart presents estimated rates of people in the world who are unable to read or write by location and by gender in the previous year.
Overall
, the illiteracy rates of females were higher than males
in every region. The highest figure was the rate
of women who lived in South Asia
. Meanwhile, the lowest rate
was the rate
of males
living in developed countries.
As can be seen, the lowest female illiteracy rate
was in developed countries at 2% followed by Latin American/Caribbean at 11%. In addition
, females in East Asia
/Oceania accounted for 20%. Moreover
, the rates jumped up to 49%, 52% and 55% in Africa, Arab states and South Asia
respectively.
Furthermore
, the highest rate
of males
was in South Asia
at 32%. The rate
in African and Arab states was slightly lower at 28% to 31%. The lowest rate
for males
was in developed countries which was approximately 1%.Submitted by Punpun on
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