Sweden, which topped the original list in 2006, slipped because its gender gap closure – 80 percent – has remained unchanged since that first year. It does best in political empowerment, where it is No. 4 overall and No. 1 in the subset of the representation of women in parliament. When it comes to education equity, Sweden lags far behind many of the others in the top 10 – it is No. 41, largely because of poor performance in primary education enrollment. It ranks No. 11 in economic opportunity and No. 80 in health.
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Top 10 countries for women: Global Gender Gap Index 2010
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