The bar chart illustrates the figures for literate women and men in seven different regions worldwide in the year 2011. Overall, the literacy rate of males was higher than that of females during the period. Furthermore, the highest percentage of literacy for both genders occurred in Central Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest rate.
In 2011, the literacy rate of people in Central Asia was at the same level, with an approximate percentage of 100%. In addition to this equality, it was the greatest among the others. In contrast, the lowest rates for people who were able to read and write were in Sub-Saharan Africa, where literate women were around 10% fewer than that of men (almost 60% and 70%, respectively).
On the other hand, a large difference (roughly 20%) between people of different sexes existed in South and West Asia, with percentages of around 60% for women and 80% for men. On the contrary, the region with the lowest difference was East Asia/Pacific, wherein literate males were around 3% higher than literate females.