Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

International Agreements

Table 5.M1 Number of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit under U.S. totalization agreements, by country and type of benefit, December 1983–2011, selected years
Year and country Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s a Spouses Children
  Number
1983 1,541 970 97 109 266 99
1984 2,717 1,664 254 202 435 162
1985 7,857 4,773 404 578 1,730 372
1990 27,662 17,432 1,609 2,078 5,801 742
1995 54,806 35,925 2,428 4,431 10,974 1,048
1996 59,455 39,085 2,514 4,893 11,917 1,046
1997 63,842 42,163 2,662 5,342 12,583 1,092
1998 68,748 45,632 2,708 5,926 13,376 1,106
1999 74,933 50,018 2,749 6,636 14,421 1,109
2000 82,404 55,398 2,687 7,302 15,806 1,211
2001 88,770 59,713 2,859 7,917 17,013 1,268
2002 94,350 63,418 2,992 8,585 18,032 1,323
2003 99,728 67,055 2,986 9,190 19,171 1,326
2004 106,096 71,782 2,826 9,835 20,308 1,345
2005 112,910 76,590 2,974 10,443 21,554 1,349
2006 127,978 85,862 2,956 11,273 26,495 1,392
2007 146,199 96,970 2,752 12,525 32,484 1,468
2008 155,242 102,806 2,639 13,396 34,925 1,476
2009 163,866 108,591 2,538 14,171 37,106 1,460
2010 173,865 115,219 2,481 15,086 39,563 1,516
2011 183,798 121,864 2,473 16,042 41,871 1,548
Australia 2,817 2,171 107 68 451 20
Austria 1,574 1,153 41 85 264 31
Belgium 935 638 6 85 195 11
Canada 53,110 34,616 1,091 6,586 10,387 430
Chile 158 119 0 10 29 0
Czech Republic 44 36 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Denmark 341 239 (X) 9 86 (X)
Finland 383 260 17 25 73 8
France 5,752 4,039 25 467 1,152 69
Germany 22,357 16,360 520 1,539 3,710 228
Greece 4,286 2,988 111 385 753 49
Ireland 2,773 1,956 11 170 603 33
Italy 10,016 6,307 68 1,490 2,026 125
Japan 35,506 20,410 19 1,815 13,110 152
Luxembourg 78 59 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Netherlands 3,229 2,268 5 230 700 26
Norway 4,362 2,852 49 516 910 35
Poland 3,128 2,043 22 145 904 14
Portugal 2,210 1,465 105 303 307 30
South Korea 1,499 1,004 5 21 465 4
Spain 3,312 2,116 77 376 691 52
Sweden 3,244 2,348 24 147 685 40
Switzerland 4,664 3,324 36 303 959 42
United Kingdom 18,020 13,093 128 1,260 3,397 142
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
1983 62.61 68.77 145.68 49.27 24.01 40.16
1984 79.29 90.32 144.07 51.61 25.64 42.90
1985 73.52 86.52 147.43 60.94 32.04 38.79
1990 108.07 122.87 223.71 88.01 44.37 63.88
1995 134.13 155.20 271.21 108.60 51.27 69.88
1996 138.89 160.65 287.11 112.45 52.80 74.22
1997 143.69 165.94 298.78 115.62 54.24 74.27
1998 146.37 169.15 305.43 117.87 55.08 73.49
1999 151.22 174.94 312.05 123.64 56.58 78.56
2000 157.03 182.39 324.60 127.96 59.01 79.70
2001 162.05 188.04 340.20 131.50 60.96 83.98
2002 165.18 191.74 345.58 134.02 62.45 86.28
2003 168.89 196.31 355.12 138.42 64.04 89.42
2004 173.70 202.10 367.43 142.91 66.37 96.73
2005 180.95 209.68 392.57 149.14 69.85 104.17
2006 188.44 220.28 411.64 155.37 78.79 106.01
2007 193.20 227.54 431.37 165.36 84.79 114.49
2008 204.94 241.97 456.78 177.16 91.10 121.37
2009 205.89 243.24 461.52 179.16 92.41 126.38
2010 206.62 244.34 463.95 181.74 93.32 123.36
2011 216.66 256.68 489.41 189.21 97.86 128.21
Australia 221.49 231.66 544.32 215.43 99.24 168.55
Austria 223.43 252.94 438.14 184.55 86.03 118.84
Belgium 218.43 259.39 607.67 187.50 89.59 153.55
Canada 194.91 227.63 433.47 163.52 83.30 131.94
Chile 238.05 265.02 0 305.50 104.14 0
Czech Republic 238.13 233.16 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Denmark 195.30 231.86 (X) 156.44 100.20 (X)
Finland 215.90 237.51 510.59 185.44 94.00 95.00
France 233.88 278.76 520.12 187.52 97.13 100.12
Germany 245.26 280.60 526.10 189.86 80.71 120.42
Greece 198.82 220.42 457.03 183.51 86.76 138.35
Ireland 218.83 255.79 740.81 231.04 91.42 119.27
Italy 201.68 242.88 623.22 171.92 85.01 139.83
Japan 220.71 280.11 527.47 266.41 122.44 137.52
Luxembourg 268.05 299.83 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Netherlands 207.81 244.42 826.20 200.78 91.57 87.35
Norway 207.41 238.04 441.67 218.34 94.78 150.77
Poland 132.40 154.27 283.14 182.14 71.73 106.36
Portugal 230.78 244.47 578.50 196.95 87.73 150.93
South Korea 204.04 244.94 498.40 273.47 109.80 160.00
Spain 198.60 228.05 571.60 174.52 84.32 140.71
Sweden 188.12 214.21 388.83 206.12 92.69 104.55
Switzerland 203.06 235.11 528.44 194.03 86.65 110.29
United Kingdom 272.32 322.47 632.69 211.52 94.25 122.59
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Includes nondisabled and disabled widow(er)s, mothers and fathers, and parents.
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