The chart below shows estimated world literacy rates by region and by gender for the year 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The bar chart illustrates the rates of estimated illiteracy across the globe in six specific areas broken up by gender in 2000.

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, the level of illiteracy among women is higher compared to men.

It is clear that

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the highest number of illiterate people live in South

Asia

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, Arab states, and Sub-Saharan Africa,

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the lowest number of them reside in East

Asia

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/Oceania, Latin America/Caribbean, and developed countries. Focusing first

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the area with the highest percentage of illiteracy, more than 50% of females living in South

Asia

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and Arab states didn't know how to write and read,

whereas

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in

Sub-Saharah

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Sub-Saharan

Africa

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figure was marginally lower. Regarding males, the number of them without the

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knowledge associated with reading and writing was roughly 20% lower there in 2000. As for the remaining countries, in 2000, the proportions of illiterate female inhabitants in East

Asia

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/Oceania and Latin America/Caribbean were 20% and 10%, respectively,

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for males, the corresponding figures were nearly the same, with approximately 10% of citizens. With respect to developed countries, almost all people residing

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region were literate.