Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

The following table presents the plot points for the data in Chart B--Social Security and Medicare Cost (as a percentage of GDP) on a calendar year basis for the historical period (1970-2007) and the projection period (2008-2082), under the intermediate set of assump­tions.

 

Plot points

Calendar year	OASI + DI	HI + SMI
1970	3.16%	0.74%
1971	3.39%	0.76%
1972	3.47%	0.76%
1973	3.82%	0.77%
1974	4.02%	0.90%
1975	4.22%	1.03%
1976	4.28%	1.07%
1977	4.29%	1.12%
1978	4.18%	1.14%
1979	4.18%	1.19%
1980	4.42%	1.32%
1981	4.61%	1.41%
1982	4.91%	1.59%
1983	4.84%	1.66%
1984	4.59%	1.67%
1985	4.52%	1.68%
1986	4.52%	1.71%
1987	4.41%	1.75%
1988	4.36%	1.73%
1989	4.30%	1.83%
1990	4.36%	1.90%
1991	4.58%	2.01%
1992	4.62%	2.14%
1993	4.64%	2.22%
1994	4.57%	2.34%
1995	4.59%	2.48%
1996	4.52%	2.53%
1997	4.44%	2.52%
1998	4.37%	2.38%
1999	4.24%	2.29%
2000	4.23%	2.28%
2001	4.33%	2.43%
2002	4.41%	2.52%
2003	4.37%	2.57%
2004	4.29%	2.64%
2005	4.26%	2.72%
2006	4.21%	3.08%
2007	4.30%	3.18%
2008	4.32%	3.24%
2009	4.35%	3.28%
2010	4.39%	3.32%
2011	4.44%	3.37%
2012	4.52%	3.45%
2013	4.61%	3.57%
2014	4.70%	3.62%
2015	4.80%	3.71%
2016	4.90%	3.82%
2017	5.01%	3.97%
2018	5.10%	4.12%
2019	5.20%	4.28%
2020	5.30%	4.44%
2021	5.39%	4.62%
2022	5.48%	4.80%
2023	5.56%	4.98%
2024	5.64%	5.17%
2025	5.71%	5.35%
2026	5.78%	5.54%
2027	5.84%	5.72%
2028	5.90%	5.91%
2029	5.95%	6.09%
2030	6.00%	6.26%
2031	6.03%	6.42%
2032	6.06%	6.57%
2033	6.08%	6.72%
2034	6.09%	6.86%
2035	6.09%	7.00%
2036	6.09%	7.14%
2037	6.08%	7.27%
2038	6.06%	7.38%
2039	6.04%	7.48%
2040	6.02%	7.58%
2041	5.99%	7.68%
2042	5.97%	7.76%
2043	5.94%	7.85%
2044	5.92%	7.93%
2045	5.89%	8.01%
2046	5.87%	8.10%
2047	5.85%