Type of indicator period Total Gini index 2009 32.80 Gini index 2008 32.20 Proportion of workers with low earnings (Low pay rate)1) 2009 18.00 Proportion of workers with low earnings (Low pay rate)1) 2008 17.60 Proportion of women, out of the total wage earners, with low earnings 2009 64.25 Proportion of women, out of the total wage earners, with low earnings 2008 64.00 D9/D5 (The 9th decile (2) divided by the median earnings per hour) 2009 2.22 D9/D5 (The 9th decile (2) divided by the median earnings per hour) 2008 2.20 D5/D1 (The median (3) divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour) 2009 1.76 D5/D1 (The median (3) divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour) 2008 1.70 D9/D1 (The 9th decile divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour) 2009 3.91 D9/D1 (The 9th decile divided by the 1st decile of earnings per hour) 2008 3.80