Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

The following table presents the plot points for the data in Chart A--Social Security and Medicare Cost (as a percentage of GDP) on a calendar year basis for the historical period (1970-2010) and the projection period (2011-2085), under the intermediate set of assumptions.

 

Plot points

Calendar year	OASI + DI	HI + SMI
1970	3.19%	0.74%
1971	3.42%	0.76%
1972	3.50%	0.76%
1973	3.84%	0.77%
1974	4.04%	0.90%
1975	4.22%	1.03%
1976	4.29%	1.07%
1977	4.30%	1.12%
1978	4.19%	1.14%
1979	4.19%	1.19%
1980	4.43%	1.32%
1981	4.62%	1.41%
1982	4.92%	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	4.31%	1.84%
1990	4.36%	1.90%
1991	4.58%	2.01%
1992	4.60%	2.14%
1993	4.63%	2.22%
1994	4.56%	2.34%
1995	4.58%	2.47%
1996	4.51%	2.52%
1997	4.43%	2.51%
1998	4.35%	2.37%
1999	4.20%	2.27%
2000	4.17%	2.25%
2001	4.27%	2.39%
2002	4.34%	2.48%
2003	4.30%	2.52%
2004	4.23%	2.61%
2005	4.19%	2.68%
2006	4.15%	3.05%
2007	4.23%	3.13%
2008	4.35%	3.20%
2009	4.86%	3.54%
2010	4.86%	3.58%
2011	4.85%	3.65%
2012	4.84%	3.56%
2013	4.84%	3.59%
2014	4.86%	3.62%
2015	4.89%	3.62%
2016	4.95%	3.66%
2017	5.02%	3.72%
2018	5.10%	3.79%
2019	5.21%	3.87%
2020	5.32%	3.99%
2021	5.43%	4.11%
2022	5.53%	4.23%
2023	5.63%	4.35%
2024	5.72%	4.47%
2025	5.81%	4.59%
2026	5.89%	4.71%
2027	5.96%	4.83%
2028	6.02%	4.95%
2029	6.08%	5.06%
2030	6.12%	5.16%
2031	6.15%	5.25%
2032	6.18%	5.33%
2033	6.20%	5.41%
2034	6.21%	5.49%
2035	6.22%	5.56%
2036	6.22%	5.62%
2037	6.21%	5.67%
2038	6.20%	5.71%
2039	6.18%	5.74%
2040	6.16%	5.77%
2041	6.14%	5.79%
2042	6.11%	5.81%
2043	6.09%	5.83%
2044	6.08%	5.85%
2045	6.06%	5.87%
2046	6.04%	5.89%
2047	6.02%	5.90%
2048	6.01%	5.91%
2049	5.99%	5.93%
2050	5.98%	5.94%
2051	5.97%	5.95%
2052	5.96%	5.96%
2053	5.95%	5.97%
2054	5.95%	5.98%
2055	5.95%	6.00%
2056	5.95%	6.02%
2057	5.94%	6.04%
2058	5.94%	6.06%
2059	5.94%	6.07%
2060	5.93%	6.09%
2061	5.93%	6.10%
2062	5.93%	6.11%
2063	5.92%	6.13%
2064	5.92%	6.14%
2065	5.91%	6.16%
2066	5.91%	6.17%
2067	5.91%	6.19%
2068	5.91%	6.20%
2069	5.92%	6.21%
2070	5.92%	6.22%
2071	5.92%	6.23%
2072	5.92%	6.24%
2073	5.93%	6.25%
2074	5.94%	6.25%
2075	5.94%	6.25%
2076	5.94%	6.26%
2077	5.95%	6.26%
2078	5.96%	6.26%
2079	5.96%	6.26%
2080	5.97%	6.25%
2081	5.98%	6.25%
2082	5.98%	6.25%
2083	5.99%	6.24%
2084	6.00%	6.24%
2085	6.01%	6.24%

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