Annual Statistical Supplement, 2013

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 1983–2012, 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
2012 192,954 127,751 2,490 16,880 44,283 1,550
Australia 3,218 2,498 114 76 507 23
Austria 1,648 1,207 45 86 279 31
Belgium 1,012 690 7 88 214 13
Canada 53,657 35,207 992 6,659 10,401 398
Chile 190 139 (X) (X) 35 (X)
Czech Republic 65 49 (X) 4 3 (X)
Denmark 424 301 (X) 10 106 (X)
Finland 400 273 17 25 77 8
France 6,042 4,216 23 504 1,231 68
Germany 22,642 16,475 562 1,594 3,776 235
Greece 4,505 3,162 104 416 784 39
Ireland 2,947 2,088 12 189 624 34
Italy 10,109 6,366 69 1,509 2,038 127
Japan 38,409 22,058 35 2,089 14,073 154
Luxembourg 83 62 (X) (X) 14 (X)
Netherlands 3,399 2,388 7 227 744 33
Norway 4,380 2,859 51 526 910 34
Poland 5,733 3,683 35 320 1,677 18
Portugal 2,289 1,508 122 315 308 36
South Korea 1,753 1,147 6 25 570 5
Spain 3,464 2,199 86 394 727 58
Sweden 3,476 2,484 21 166 764 41
Switzerland 4,646 3,316 36 317 936 41
United Kingdom 18,463 13,376 134 1,324 3,485 144
  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
2012 220.98 261.65 500.87 195.16 100.79 134.07
Australia 225.46 236.65 553.85 226.84 99.84 147.00
Austria 227.77 256.92 444.62 193.19 89.16 121.68
Belgium 225.75 268.19 596.00 192.45 96.81 122.31
Canada 200.74 234.67 443.41 168.03 85.98 140.23
Chile 249.14 284.09 (X) (X) 102.00 (X)
Czech Republic 280.64 271.62 (X) 166.25 106.00 (X)
Denmark 200.88 234.53 (X) 154.40 106.84 (X)
Finland 224.63 250.03 512.59 177.72 98.73 104.13
France 239.11 285.19 555.17 194.40 100.81 110.28
Germany 248.82 284.18 533.10 196.59 82.22 121.58
Greece 204.65 226.81 485.09 188.96 89.93 134.05
Ireland 225.06 261.92 768.74 235.55 93.77 121.00
Italy 206.90 248.96 627.36 177.62 87.40 135.15
Japan 228.03 288.69 532.57 272.41 126.61 136.76
Luxembourg 273.98 310.70 (X) (X) 94.50 (X)
Netherlands 211.93 248.57 806.86 210.02 93.70 113.30
Norway 212.23 242.75 481.29 222.53 97.38 157.24
Poland 127.07 148.07 318.66 169.07 68.95 126.22
Portugal 238.29 252.25 562.36 204.43 88.28 135.36
South Korea 204.86 248.42 502.67 271.27 111.44 172.60
Spain 203.85 235.47 553.90 174.97 87.32 143.05
Sweden 193.09 220.94 347.19 211.94 96.33 153.98
Switzerland 208.88 241.52 533.03 195.51 89.47 114.61
United Kingdom 277.85 328.91 630.48 215.58 97.49 144.47
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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