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 following graph illustrates

illiteracy

rates

according to

gender in selected nations from

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year.

Overall

, the highest

illiteracy

rates

was

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experienced by South Asia countries

while

the lowest was in developed countries.

Moreover

, female's

illiteracy

rates

exceeded male's in every region presented. In detail, a huge gap

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illiteracy

rates

occurred in South Asia in which the percentage of women who could not read was approximately 60%,

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the

male's

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was only 35%. The same situation

also

occurred in three different regions, which were East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab States. The

female dominated

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the

illiteracy

rates

with a big difference, more or less than 20%.

On the other hand

,

two

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regions used to have more

balance

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illiteracy

rates

, which were very similar between men and women.

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the female's

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female's

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female

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illiteracy

rate in Latin America was about 11% and

male's

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was only 10%.

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,

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people who lived in developed countries almost 100% could read, both male and female.