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 depicts how the

illiteracy

rates

varied

according to

the region and gender

last

year.

Overall

, what stands out from the bar chart is that the developed countries showed the least

illiteracy

rates

in both male and female gender

while

South

Asia

resulted as the region with most of the people who can't read or write. Looking into the details, the

illiteracy

rate of males varies from 1% to 35% resulting in the least from developed countries and the highest rate from South

Asia

. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South Africa illiterateness has varied from just 6% as there were only male individuals with the inability to read or write. In terms of the

illiteracy

rates

of female individuals, the highest and the lowest

rates

resulted in as same as male commodities.

In addition

, there is nearly half of a difference between the

rates

of males and females in East

Asia

, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

. In these regions, the functional

illiteracy

dropped down nearly half in male individuals which resulting a higher rate of educated females.