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 given bar chart compares the illiteracy rates of men and women in different regions of the world in the
last
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year.
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, women globally have the highest amount of being illiterate compared to men. The number of illiterate women in South Asia, the Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa is among the highest, which is over 50% for the first two regions and just below 50% for the latter. Men are as 20% lower than their counterparts in all of those areas ( around 30% ).
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, developed countries enjoy the lowest rate at around 5% for both sexes. As for East Asia/Oceania,
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America and the Caribbean, illiteracy has an average rate in comparison to other countries in
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report, which is about half to one-third the number of previously mentioned parts of the globe.
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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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