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 illustrates how are illiteracy rates represented by each region (developed countries, Latin America/the Caribbeans, East

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/Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States and South

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) and gender for the

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year. The units are measured in per cent.

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, both South

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and the Arab States have the highest numbers of illiterate people,

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developed lands exhibit the smallest rates of illiteracy.

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, the majority of South Asian and Arab women cannot read or write (45% and 55%).

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, the percentage of illiterate males differs greatly from the female percentage. Men are far more likely to know how to read among almost all the regions mentioned on the graph.

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, men and women from the Latin American and Caribbean regions exhibit a slight difference in their literacy. Similar to developed countries, where the number of illiterate people is minuscule (about 1 to 3 %). When it comes to the ability to read East

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and Oceania citizens, there is a great contrast between males and females. Despite their variation,

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region has low illiteracy rates of 8% for men and 20% for women. The same tendency can be observed in Sub-Saharan Africa,

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, the percentage of people

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cannot read is substantial (31% for males and 47% for females.