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

The bar graph illustrates the information on expected

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rates in various parts of the world for the year 2000.

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, it is obvious that across the globe, men have a higher level of literacy than women. Turning to the details, for men, a tiny proportion of

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is observed in developed countries,

otherwise

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, countries in Latin America and East

Asia

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showed less than 10 per

cent

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of uneducated males.

It is clear that

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the number of illiterate males is the highest in South

Asia

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, Arab states and Sub-Saharan Africa at approximately 30 per

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.

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, for females, the lowest

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level of less than 5 per

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is observed in developed countries.

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, as can be seen in East

Asia

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and Latin America somewhat 20 per

cent

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of women are uneducated. Meanwhile, in South

Asia

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, Arab States and Sub-Saharan Africa, the

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rate is substantially high with around half of the female population being illiterate. In conclusion, literacy level differs between genders and across regions of the world