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 displays information about the global approximated

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rates by region and sex for the previous year. The x-axis represents the various territories,

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the y-axis indicates the

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levels.

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, the

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levels increased for both genders generally over the past year. People in developed countries were the least illiterate,

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South Asians had the highest

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levels. In Developed countries, Latin American and Caribbean countries, and East Asia and Oceania males and females had 0, a little over 10, less than 10, and 20

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values respectively.

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, men and women in Sub-Saharan African, Arab states and South Asian territories had

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rates of 30,45, a little under 30, just above 50, 35 and 55 in the same order.