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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year's percentage of

illiteracy

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from different parts of the world, in both men and women.

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, the chart shows that South

Asia

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is the main country with the most

illiteracy

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in both genders.

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, the majority of illiterate are

females

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than

males

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. As per the results, it is shown that South

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holds the highest numbers as

females

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are above 50%.

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Males

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are around 35%. In comparison, the lowest rate

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illiteracy

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is in developed countries. with an average

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of less than 5%. Comparing the genders, it is noticed that the

illiteracy

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rates

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for

females

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in Latin America is under 14%

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for

males

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is 10%.

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,

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in the Arab States and South

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had the highest rate, which

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about over 50% and nearly 55% respectively.

On the other hand

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,

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highest rate was in South

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was 35% and in Arab states was less than 30%. Unsurprisingly, less than 5% of

males

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and

females

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from developed countries could not read.