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 depicts the estimated percentages of

males

and

females

who did not have

literacy

in several

regions

last

year.

Overall

,

males

had more

literacy

than

females

in all

regions

. In developed countries, either male or female had the most

literacy

compared to other

regions

, especially South Asia which had the highest rate of illiteracy. South Asia had the lowest number of

males

and

females

with

literacy

at approximately 35% and 55% respectively.

following

this

, the Arab States had the second highest rate of female illiteracy at just above 50% and below 30% for

males

.

while

in Sub-Saharan Africa, it was the

males

that recorded as the second highest at around one-third and below half for the

females

.

On the other hand

, the other

regions

had a significantly smaller percentage of illiteracy. In Developed Countries, it

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2% for both genders. Followed by Latin America at one-tenth for

males

and 2% higher for

females

. At least, 1 out of 5

females

in East Asia were unable to read, and around 1 out of 10 for the other gender.