WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar graph illustrates the estimated percentages of the world among

males

and

females

across six regions for the

last

year.

Overall

, South

Asia

has the highest

illiteracy

rate as compared to other

countries

,

while

developed

countries

have the lowest

illiteracy

rate among all

countries

.

In addition

, most women in the Arab States and South

Asia

were illiterate.

According to

the graph, in developed

countries

, Caribbean and East

Asia

,

males

and

females

have

illiteracy

rates of approximately 1% and around 2%, 10% and slightly above 10%, approximately 8% and 20%, respectively. In the remaining three

countries

, Africa, Arab States, and South

Asia

,

males

and

females

represented the

illiteracy

rates of just above 30% and around 58%, slightly below 30% and just above 50%, around 33% and approximately 55%, respectively. In comparison, South

Asia

females

have the highest percentage of

illiteracy

among

males

and

females

of all

countries

,

while

developed

countries

have a negligible number of illiterate

males

.