Finland, last year's No. 2, improved relative to its scores last year, but not as much as this year's No. 2, Norway, did. Finland has closed 83 percent of its overall gender gap and is only slightly shy of entirely closing its health gap, a fact that gives it the No. 1 ranking in that category. It has been in the top 3 since the index began in 2006. It scores second in political empowerment and was ranked 16th in economic opportunity and 28th in educational attainment (lagging in primary education enrollment, like Sweden).
Top 10 countries for women: Global Gender Gap Index 2010
3. Finland
