Annual Wage Structure Survey 
Wage distribution
Indicators of inequality
Units: specified in variables

Gini index	
    2009	32.80	
    2008	32.20	
Proportion of workers with low earnings (Low pay rate)1)	
    2009	18.00	
    2008	17.60	
Proportion of women, out of the total wage earners, with low earnings	
    2009	64.25	
    2008	64.00	
D9/D5 (The 9th decile (2) divided by the median earnings per hour)	
    2009	2.22	
    2008	2.20	
D5/D1 (The median (3) divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour)	
    2009	1.76	
    2008	1.70	
D9/D1 (The 9th decile divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour)	
    2009	3.91	
    2008	3.80	
Notes:
1) Proportion of wage earners whose earnings per hour are less than 2/3 of the median earnings.
 2) The deciles are the values of earnings ordered from least to greatest, dividing the number  of workers into ten equal parts, in such a way that ten percent of the same  are included within each part
 3) The median is the value of earnings that divides the number of workers into two, those who  have a higher wage and those who have a lower wage.
Source: National Statistics Institute