Slight improvements in women's labor-force participation, wage quality, and women's earned income put Norway, which has also closed 83 percent of its gender gap, ahead of Finland this year. Finland, Norway and Iceland have swapped the top 3 spots since the index began in 2006. Norway has completely closed its education gap and performs well on economic opportunity (ranked No. 3, with 83 percent of the gap closed) and political empowerment (also No. 3), but it falters on health equity, where it is ranked No. 91.
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Top 10 countries for women: Global Gender Gap Index 2010
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