Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart shows the literacy rate (% of people who can read and write) by region and gender in 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart shows the literacy rate (% of people who can read and write) by region and gender in 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of literate individuals in seven various regions, categorized by gender in 2011

Overall, it can be clearly seen that male literacy rates were higher than female in almost all regions, with the exception of two regions, namely Central Asia and Central/Eastern Europe. Noticeably, Central Asia and Central/Eastern Europe stood out with the highest literacy rates for both genders, while Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest figures.

As shown by the chart, Central Asia and Central/Eastern Europe led the chart in male and female literacy level, with an approximate percentage of 100%. This is followed by East Asia/Pacific, which recorded a slightly lower rate of nearly 98% for male, with the figure for female being around 4% lower than male, stand at 94%.

Regarding Latin America and Caribbean, the male’s rate is approximately 90%, while the female’s level is about 85%. Turning to Arab states, the male’s rate was as high as female’s level in Latin America at 85%. However, the female’s level merely 79%. As for South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa areas, the female’s rates were the same at 60%, whereas the male’s were about 80% and 70%, respectively.