Annual Statistical Supplement, 2020

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 1983–2019, 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
2019 240,365 155,356 1,827 58,360 23,332 1,490
Australia 5,455 4,358 75 828 175 19
Austria 1,769 1,319 31 260 135 24
Belgium 1,154 782 5 232 123 12
Brazil 34 25 0 (X) (X) (X)
Canada 52,490 35,752 549 9,136 6,787 266
Chile 363 265 (X) 73 18 (X)
Czech Republic 197 158 (X) 19 (X) (X)
Denmark 939 640 (X) 248 40 (X)
Finland 517 358 15 97 39 8
France 7,425 5,163 12 1,553 641 56
Germany 22,739 16,153 523 3,685 2,165 213
Greece 6,118 4,250 49 1,105 651 63
Hungary 67 58 0 6 0 3
Iceland 4 (X) 0 0 0 (X)
Ireland 3,746 2,618 35 772 279 42
Italy 10,021 6,212 28 2,080 1,580 121
Japan 66,887 37,362 31 24,677 4,616 201
Luxembourg 87 68 (X) 14 (X) 0
Netherlands 3,679 2,549 17 779 311 23
Norway 4,198 2,696 34 855 575 38
Poland 15,519 8,932 68 4,445 1,998 76
Portugal 2,362 1,633 80 292 329 28
Slovakia 48 35 (X) 9 (X) 0
South Korea 3,632 2,316 9 1,212 87 8
Spain 4,176 2,684 82 831 496 83
Sweden 4,483 3,114 20 1,049 252 48
Switzerland 4,300 3,020 21 829 400 30
United Kingdom 17,946 12,825 121 3,266 1,623 111
Uruguay 10 (X) 0 (X) 0 0
  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
2019 257.96 307.34 609.43 128.31 231.97 163.41
Australia 250.97 269.21 677.89 113.23 272.43 186.26
Austria 257.43 286.96 521.05 104.71 223.93 137.08
Belgium 262.18 307.73 670.92 119.77 242.97 73.67
Brazil 254.71 279.20 . . . (X) (X) (X)
Canada 245.78 285.44 612.51 104.76 199.50 182.39
Chile 283.99 320.37 (X) 124.96 224.17 (X)
Czech Republic 280.83 299.68 (X) 125.42 (X) (X)
Denmark 249.13 293.00 (X) 128.64 235.68 (X)
Finland 264.52 298.08 572.40 119.54 198.31 266.25
France 273.10 323.40 655.05 126.31 227.44 146.70
Germany 275.85 314.70 600.94 96.47 223.54 166.24
Greece 233.17 265.96 597.27 105.05 219.56 125.62
Hungary 238.18 258.71 . . . 63.83 . . . 190.00
Iceland 144.25 (X) . . . . . . . . . (X)
Ireland 251.71 288.10 853.66 106.58 255.92 121.76
Italy 228.73 276.42 497.82 101.47 209.99 150.36
Japan 280.62 355.29 641.70 161.77 314.46 161.35
Luxembourg 302.49 341.35 (X) 135.50 (X) . . .
Netherlands 253.81 297.61 564.18 114.45 232.75 174.30
Norway 241.79 277.14 535.25 115.94 250.29 174.26
Poland 138.45 165.00 377.65 69.65 165.87 108.22
Portugal 287.60 318.48 651.50 104.97 220.93 134.54
Slovakia 249.72 270.91 (X) 134.33 (X) . . .
South Korea 241.43 294.12 570.33 132.43 326.54 204.50
Spain 241.25 282.20 597.47 100.56 207.44 175.70
Sweden 229.60 265.14 519.95 116.14 246.97 191.56
Switzerland 245.61 284.61 765.40 107.71 214.60 179.10
United Kingdom 328.91 390.88 686.09 118.13 246.35 188.68
Uruguay 230.70 (X) . . . (X) . . . . . .
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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