The given chart shows the estimated world illiteracy rates, by regions and gender the past year. It is to be noted that the data is given in percentage.
The highest bar in this chart belongs to the women in South Asia, with over 65% of them being illiterate, men in South Asia too are the highest among the other men in terms of illiteracy with about 45% illiteracy rate. The rate decreases insignificantly for both the genders in the Arab states and Sub-Saharan Africa regions. We then see a major decline in the illiteracy rates in East Asia and Oceania, with 20% for women and less than 10% for males. The illiteracy rate declines for women in the Latin American and Caribbean regions while it increases by a bit for men. Finally, we can find the lowest illiteracy rates in developed countries, with the rates less than 5% for both the genders.
In conclusion, this chart shows the different illiteracy rates based on regions and genders, the chart increases from the left to the right, at the left-most side being developed countries and right-most side being South Asia.