Annual Statistical Supplement, 2014

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 1983–2013, 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
Australia 3,684 2,886 101 587 85 25
Austria 1,698 1,248 47 276 95 32
Belgium 1,030 701 7 219 91 12
Canada 53,973 35,699 881 10,317 6,713 363
Chile 230 168 (X) 46 (X) (X)
Czech Republic 83 64 (X) (X) 4 (X)
Denmark 503 356 (X) 128 11 (X)
Finland 413 284 15 83 25 6
France 6,347 4,434 17 1,296 535 65
Germany 22,844 16,521 576 3,836 1,686 225
Greece 4,693 3,271 96 827 452 47
Ireland 3,119 2,201 12 663 205 38
Italy 10,134 6,376 58 2,047 1,532 121
Japan 41,556 23,809 36 15,169 2,368 174
Luxembourg 88 68 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Netherlands 3,512 2,472 10 765 232 33
Norway 4,430 2,899 46 913 537 35
Poland 9,458 5,868 39 2,815 710 26
Portugal 2,349 1,569 120 318 307 35
South Korea 1,958 1,279 6 640 28 5
Spain 3,641 2,325 80 761 413 62
Sweden 3,692 2,623 21 824 180 44
Switzerland 4,631 3,293 31 936 339 32
United Kingdom 18,754 13,531 135 3,554 1,390 144
  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
Australia 228.84 241.42 611.23 102.98 232.14 175.48
Austria 230.41 258.35 460.57 87.25 200.54 126.25
Belgium 231.60 276.47 605.29 99.84 191.29 102.92
Canada 207.02 241.88 467.31 88.72 172.32 150.46
Chile 249.23 289.35 (X) 103.61 (X) (X)
Czech Republic 284.70 284.66 (X) (X) 168.50 (X)
Denmark 211.10 244.60 (X) 109.16 163.73 (X)
Finland 227.55 256.48 533.20 101.65 169.24 79.17
France 242.31 288.84 512.76 104.82 196.66 114.11
Germany 252.09 288.13 532.59 84.35 199.78 139.55
Greece 209.34 233.96 504.61 92.49 190.95 125.34
Ireland 229.31 267.14 782.65 95.27 243.60 124.42
Italy 209.79 252.99 632.79 89.43 180.81 133.45
Japan 235.37 297.88 562.69 130.89 277.82 145.10
Luxembourg 281.85 320.80 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Netherlands 217.45 255.38 630.60 96.37 210.19 109.36
Norway 216.52 248.19 497.11 100.51 222.61 157.11
Poland 124.38 146.29 328.00 67.23 159.54 99.65
Portugal 244.95 262.82 562.74 89.82 203.88 124.03
South Korea 208.37 252.75 510.00 113.72 285.21 179.80
Spain 207.86 243.02 523.98 88.80 178.04 141.45
Sweden 197.14 225.48 392.33 99.37 211.30 187.23
Switzerland 211.66 244.67 567.93 91.31 198.86 125.47
United Kingdom 283.17 335.75 608.89 100.71 219.75 153.24
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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