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 Graph displays the percentage of

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between males and females in the five continents in the years 2000 and 2004.

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, in the whole world, people can read and write and with a significant difference between men and women. Europe is the region with the highest rate of

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,

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, Africa had the lowest. The differences between Oceania and the Americas were almost the same as between genders. Europe has been the continent with the highest rates of

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with a total of just below 99 %, Africa and Asia had the lowest with 62.5 and just below 80% respectively. The rates of the Americas and Oceania were nearly 94% in both regions. The comparison between the sexes was significant in Africa and Asia with a difference between genders of nearly 20% and 15% respectively. The other 3 regions have had a proportion of

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between men and women nearly 100% with no significant differences among genders.