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 below illustrates the estimation of males and females who were illiterate in six regions of the world
last
year. Overall
, there are more women
who cannot read and write compared to men
across the six regions presented.
The region which had the most illiterate people last
year was South Asia with around 55% of women
and more than one-third of men
. In addition
, more women
in Arab States could not read and write compared to women
in Sub-Saharan Africa, whereas
there were more men
in Sub-Saharan Africa who were illiterate compared to men
in Arab States.
The region that had the least illiterate people was Developed Countries with almost zero illiterate men
and women
. Furthermore
, Latin America and East Asia also
had a minimum number of illiterate people but the total percentage of illiterate women
and men
in East Asia was slightly higher than the total percentage of illiterate women
and men
in Latin America, which were 28% and 21% respectively.Submitted by sormindevina on
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