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.
The chart outlines an estimation of worldwide
illiteracy
rates from the previous year, categorised by geographical area and gender.
Overall
, a greater number of females than males faced complexities in reading during that period. As can be noticed,
this
trend remained consistent across nearly all regions globally, where women experienced higher
illiteracy
percentages in comparison to men, with figures ranging from approximately 12% to 22%. Unless one examines the broader context, it may be overlooked that only two regions – Developed Countries and Latin America/Caribbean – demonstrated slight dissimilarities between the
genders
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illiteracy
rates. The approximated discrepancy of
illiteracy
within these specific regions is believed to be less than 3-5%.
Conversely
, there were significant gaps in the rates of inability to read between males and females in venues beyond Developed Countries and Latin America/Caribbean. Specifically, East Asia/Oceania revealed a disparity of more than 10%,
while
Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia exhibited around a 20% difference. Ultimately, the situation was direst in the Arab States, where the recorded disparity surpassed 20%.
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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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