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 chart below illustrates the percentage of people who are illiterate in six regions by gender for the previous year. Units are given in percentages.

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,

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across the six regions had the highest

illiteracy

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rates

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compared to

males

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. Noticeably,

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from Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

Asia

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had similar percentages. Despite

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, both

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and

females

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from developed countries had the lowest

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rates

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for

females

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in Latin America

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around 12%

while

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for

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it was 10%.

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figure dramatically rose to 20% in

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from East

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.

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, women from Arab states and South

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had the highest

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for literacy which were about 50% and nearly 60% respectively.

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was significantly different from

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in the same regions, the percentages of literacy were less than 40%. An interesting trend was detected in

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from North Africa,

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peninsula and South

Asia

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.

Males

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from these countries had similar

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. Their

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were less than one-third. Unsurprisingly, less than 5% of

males

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and

females

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from developed countries could not read.