Annual Statistical Supplement, 2021

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 type of benefit, December 1983–2020, selected years, with detail by country for 2020
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
2020 242,932 156,613 1,728 58,875 24,248 1,468
Australia 5,558 4,450 65 835 193 15
Austria 1,779 1,328 30 256 139 26
Belgium 1,154 784 4 232 126 8
Brazil 65 51 0 10 (X) (X)
Canada 51,702 35,311 521 8,845 6,772 253
Chile 384 278 4 76 22 4
Czech Republic 200 163 7 19 4 7
Denmark 975 662 8 256 45 4
Finland 541 382 13 98 39 9
France 7,569 5,264 11 1,571 669 54
Germany 22,482 15,967 494 3,592 2,219 210
Greece 6,226 4,309 48 1,105 701 63
Hungary 85 71 (X) 9 0 (X)
Iceland 7 (X) 0 (X) 0 (X)
Ireland 3,811 2,676 33 762 300 40
Italy 10,004 6,156 26 2,071 1,627 124
Japan 69,712 38,813 29 25,623 5,043 204
Luxembourg 92 71 (X) 15 (X) (X)
Netherlands 3,659 2,544 16 766 313 20
Norway 4,118 2,633 32 830 578 45
Poland 15,743 9,019 69 4,440 2,138 77
Portugal 2,407 1,673 71 296 340 27
Slovakia 60 44 (X) 11 (X) 0
Slovenia 15 (X) 0 (X) 0 0
South Korea 3,969 2,505 9 1,339 109 7
Spain 4,223 2,700 85 822 534 82
Sweden 4,551 3,158 18 1,059 266 50
Switzerland 4,187 2,961 19 775 408 24
United Kingdom 17,603 12,578 110 3,153 1,654 108
Uruguay 51 45 0 (X) (X) 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
2020 264.10 314.57 628.46 132.56 237.30 169.51
Australia 257.90 277.10 727.12 116.13 276.67 177.67
Austria 263.40 293.17 501.50 110.98 228.14 157.19
Belgium 267.85 314.28 787.88 122.81 241.07 84.88
Brazil 284.35 311.85 . . . 162.40 (X) (X)
Canada 253.15 293.71 641.41 107.72 204.08 189.74
Chile 290.25 326.40 963.75 132.82 243.41 353.50
Czech Republic 279.20 295.12 619.86 113.26 152.75 90.29
Denmark 256.73 302.48 573.38 132.52 243.04 155.75
Finland 270.51 304.73 604.46 123.02 205.27 224.22
France 277.69 328.02 709.77 128.74 233.87 159.43
Germany 279.54 319.21 601.22 98.90 225.10 171.61
Greece 235.21 267.25 609.46 107.01 224.57 125.46
Hungary 238.57 254.54 (X) 68.33 . . . (X)
Iceland 256.43 (X) . . . (X) . . . (X)
Ireland 256.67 293.85 800.15 108.19 259.45 128.73
Italy 232.47 280.46 616.81 103.16 214.90 159.92
Japan 287.93 364.32 675.16 166.68 318.96 161.33
Luxembourg 318.91 345.95 (X) 132.60 (X) (X)
Netherlands 260.65 304.61 634.25 117.35 238.80 200.65
Norway 246.86 283.51 579.16 117.35 251.85 190.78
Poland 141.66 168.57 404.41 70.33 168.90 110.73
Portugal 290.57 322.85 659.15 106.88 224.98 160.93
Slovakia 266.08 275.36 (X) 128.55 (X) . . .
Slovenia 358.20 (X) . . . (X) . . . . . .
South Korea 247.11 301.43 585.28 135.52 344.80 199.71
Spain 244.96 285.57 603.17 102.45 211.16 185.37
Sweden 234.71 270.89 554.44 119.19 254.03 178.76
Switzerland 252.56 291.33 810.68 110.09 219.29 194.29
United Kingdom 336.64 399.83 726.04 120.89 250.90 193.14
Uruguay 221.76 233.08 . . . (X) (X) . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A totalization agreement coordinates the Social Security provisions of the United States and another country for a worker who has accrued qualifying earnings in both countries.
(X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; . . . = not applicable.
a. Comprises nondisabled and disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
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