The table below shows the estimated literacy rates by region and gender for 2000-2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the percentage of literate men and

women

across the five regions(Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and

oceania

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).

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provides the global aggregate of men and

women

who are literate.

Overall

,

it is clear that

Europe has the most educated men and

women

, 99.2 % and 98.5 respectively. The African continent had the lowest number of educated people in comparison to all other nations, at 62.5% literacy rate. In terms of male literacy,

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European males are the most educated, the Oceanics

second,

the Americans

third,

the Asians fourth, and Africans

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position with 99.2%, 94.2%, 94.1%, 85.9% and 71.6% respectively. The Africans and Asians had the most

male to female

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disparity,

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with

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in literacy

rate

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at about 20% and nearly 13% respectively. With respect to

women

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Europe had the highest proportion of educated

women

whereas

, the American

women

were second most educated at 98.5 and 93.2% respectively. The African and Asian

women

were

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less educated compared to their

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, at 53.9% and 72.5% respectively.