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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 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.
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The chart gives information regarding the percentage of illiterate people in the
last
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 year in different regions, split by gender.
Overall
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, we can see that in all zones
female's
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 percentage of illiteracy was higher than
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. Looking at Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab States,
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 who could not read were dramatically more than males, 48% and 51% against 31% and 29% respectively. In South Asia the pattern is similar, with 32% of illiterate males and over 55% of females,
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 is the highest figure in the chart. Regarding East Asia,
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the female's
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female's
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 rate was more than double the
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, with 20% against less than 10%. Turning to Latin American and developed countries, we can see a different situation. The general trend was respected but with
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less difference between the
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. In fact, in Latin
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America
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 the male's rate was 10% and the female's
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was weakly over that.
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near zero in the developed countries.
To sum up
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, we can see that generally there were
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 illiterate men than women, with a smaller difference in the rates in Latin America and developed countries.

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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "difference" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Illiteracy rates
  • Region
  • Gender disparity
  • Bar chart
  • Estimated
  • Summarise
  • Main features
  • Comparisons
  • Analyzing
  • Discrepancies
  • Significant
  • Pronounced
  • Speculation
  • Male
  • Female
  • Global perspective
  • Literacy
  • Educational attainment
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Cultural influences
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