Annual Statistical Supplement, 2019

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 1983–2018, selected years
Year and country Total Retired workers Disabled workers Spouses Widow(er)s a Children
  Number
1983 1,541 970 97 266 109 99
1984 2,717 1,664 254 435 202 162
1985 7,857 4,773 404 1,730 578 372
1990 27,662 17,432 1,609 5,801 2,078 742
1995 54,806 35,925 2,428 10,974 4,431 1,048
1996 59,455 39,085 2,514 11,917 4,893 1,046
1997 63,842 42,163 2,662 12,583 5,342 1,092
1998 68,748 45,632 2,708 13,376 5,926 1,106
1999 74,933 50,018 2,749 14,421 6,636 1,109
2000 82,404 55,398 2,687 15,806 7,302 1,211
2001 88,770 59,713 2,859 17,013 7,917 1,268
2002 94,350 63,418 2,992 18,032 8,585 1,323
2003 99,728 67,055 2,986 19,171 9,190 1,326
2004 106,096 71,782 2,826 20,308 9,835 1,345
2005 112,910 76,590 2,974 21,554 10,443 1,349
2006 127,978 85,862 2,956 26,495 11,273 1,392
2007 146,199 96,970 2,752 32,484 12,525 1,468
2008 155,242 102,806 2,639 34,925 13,396 1,476
2009 163,866 108,591 2,538 37,106 14,171 1,460
2010 173,865 115,219 2,481 39,563 15,086 1,516
2011 183,798 121,864 2,473 41,871 16,042 1,548
2012 192,954 127,751 2,490 44,283 16,880 1,550
2013 202,820 133,945 2,347 47,039 17,955 1,534
2014 213,330 140,134 2,283 50,261 19,098 1,554
2015 220,954 144,702 2,207 52,488 19,973 1,584
2016 226,924 147,861 2,083 54,484 20,919 1,577
2017 232,910 151,282 2,021 56,228 21,855 1,524
2018 236,668 153,212 1,924 57,508 22,499 1,525
Australia 5,371 4,284 87 824 157 19
Austria 1,757 1,312 35 257 126 27
Belgium 1,147 780 6 227 125 9
Canada 53,342 36,161 601 9,429 6,864 287
Chile 361 266 (X) 66 21 (X)
Czech Republic 177 143 (X) 16 (X) 9
Denmark 914 622 (X) 247 34 (X)
Finland 507 349 16 95 38 9
France 7,244 5,030 11 1,521 624 58
Germany 22,126 15,673 526 3,703 2,012 212
Greece 6,036 4,191 58 1,086 636 65
Hungary 39 34 0 (X) 0 (X)
Ireland 3,674 2,572 31 760 268 43
Italy 10,179 6,321 33 2,124 1,570 131
Japan 63,713 35,681 33 23,606 4,195 198
Luxembourg 90 71 0 16 3 0
Netherlands 3,710 2,571 16 790 310 23
Norway 4,279 2,768 35 883 557 36
Poland 15,167 8,762 69 4,394 1,869 73
Portugal 2,370 1,635 90 298 318 29
Slovakia 37 25 (X) (X) (X) 0
South Korea 3,277 2,112 8 1,077 72 8
Spain 4,159 2,681 85 836 479 78
Sweden 4,384 3,055 19 1,018 239 53
Switzerland 4,359 3,068 24 858 377 32
United Kingdom 18,249 13,045 120 3,365 1,600 119
  Average monthly benefit (dollars)
1983 62.61 68.77 145.68 24.01 49.27 40.16
1984 79.29 90.32 144.07 25.64 51.61 42.90
1985 73.52 86.52 147.43 32.04 60.94 38.79
1990 108.07 122.87 223.71 44.37 88.01 63.88
1995 134.13 155.20 271.21 51.27 108.60 69.88
1996 138.89 160.65 287.11 52.80 112.45 74.22
1997 143.69 165.94 298.78 54.24 115.62 74.27
1998 146.37 169.15 305.43 55.08 117.87 73.49
1999 151.22 174.94 312.05 56.58 123.64 78.56
2000 157.03 182.39 324.60 59.01 127.96 79.70
2001 162.05 188.04 340.20 60.96 131.50 83.98
2002 165.18 191.74 345.58 62.45 134.02 86.28
2003 168.89 196.31 355.12 64.04 138.42 89.42
2004 173.70 202.10 367.43 66.37 142.91 96.73
2005 180.95 209.68 392.57 69.85 149.14 104.17
2006 188.44 220.28 411.64 78.79 155.37 106.01
2007 193.20 227.54 431.37 84.79 165.36 114.49
2008 204.94 241.97 456.78 91.10 177.16 121.37
2009 205.89 243.24 461.52 92.41 179.16 126.38
2010 206.62 244.34 463.95 93.32 181.74 123.36
2011 216.66 256.68 489.41 97.86 189.21 128.21
2012 220.98 261.65 500.87 100.79 195.16 134.07
2013 224.39 266.12 514.31 103.48 199.06 141.53
2014 229.68 272.90 534.34 107.75 204.02 143.88
2015 231.97 275.76 536.46 110.56 207.07 144.91
2016 234.38 279.13 542.45 113.22 209.71 144.61
2017 241.85 288.10 570.27 118.01 216.41 149.09
2018 251.44 299.97 585.33 123.80 225.07 156.33
Australia 245.34 262.29 648.61 111.51 271.81 161.26
Austria 250.66 280.54 441.46 99.79 221.17 125.07
Belgium 256.42 301.23 654.67 115.56 225.64 87.33
Canada 237.74 276.74 566.76 101.58 193.37 168.51
Chile 278.11 309.06 (X) 125.38 229.19 (X)
Czech Republic 273.30 286.17 (X) 109.69 (X) 80.56
Denmark 243.23 287.31 (X) 125.36 224.71 (X)
Finland 262.75 298.83 540.75 114.73 204.96 175.78
France 265.34 315.28 590.91 121.46 219.23 142.43
Germany 275.48 316.49 590.73 94.41 219.31 157.54
Greece 227.84 259.12 577.72 102.51 215.38 115.12
Hungary 227.42 241.86 . . . (X) . . . (X)
Ireland 247.91 285.40 752.97 103.84 254.65 146.02
Italy 225.21 272.64 510.33 98.63 205.31 155.40
Japan 272.27 345.00 637.47 156.65 306.87 157.09
Luxembourg 288.26 329.99 . . . 105.81 273.67 . . .
Netherlands 247.93 290.95 580.13 111.76 227.20 164.17
Norway 239.15 274.61 551.00 113.99 246.02 172.39
Poland 135.40 161.40 373.93 68.60 162.78 108.23
Portugal 282.51 310.10 658.94 100.91 217.99 132.07
Slovakia 244.33 265.64 (X) (X) (X) . . .
South Korea 235.78 286.57 569.50 128.39 319.35 201.25
Spain 233.06 272.22 585.08 96.62 203.08 149.71
Sweden 222.37 256.58 466.89 114.22 237.75 171.28
Switzerland 238.17 276.06 740.28 104.05 209.09 167.72
United Kingdom 321.20 382.27 672.05 114.65 241.40 186.29
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes nondisabled and disabled widow(er)s, mothers and fathers, and parents.
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