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Question
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below

Question:
- Which region has the highest literacy rate?
- Which region has the lowest literacy rate?
- In which region does women fare better than men in literacy rate?
- Write a concluding paragraph about the graph.
- Which is the type of graph?
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Solution
1. Central Asia has the highest literacy rate.
2. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest literacy rate
3. There is no region in which women fare better than men in literacy rate.
4.
- The graph clearly tells us that we find differences in the male and female literacy rate even in the same continent.
- As compared to the global average, the literacy rates are higher in Central Asia, Europe, Northern America as well as Eastern and South-east Asian countries. On the other hand, they are lower in Northern Africa, Western Asia, Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- The male and female literacy rates are equal in Central Asia, Europe and Northern America.
5. This is a horizontal grouped bar graph or a clustered bar chart.
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