The table below shows the amount of benefits paid from the DI Trust Fund. The amounts by type of benefit are estimated.

Annual benefits paid from the DI Trust Fund, by type of benefit, calendar years 1957-2021
[In millions]
Year Total Disabled workers Wives and husbands Children
1957 $57 $57 ... ...
1958 249 246 $1 $1
1959 457 390 29 38
1960 568 489 32 48
1961 887 724 54 109
1962 1,105 888 68 149
1963 1,210 965 73 172
1964 1,309 1,044 79 186
1965 1,573 1,246 95 232
1966 1,781 1,394 108 280
1967 1,939 1,519 113 307
1968 2,294 1,804 131 360
1969 2,542 2,014 139 389
1970 3,067 2,448 165 454
1971 3,758 3,028 192 539
1972 4,473 3,626 224 623
1973 5,718 4,676 281 760
1974 6,903 5,662 320 920
1975 8,414 6,908 385 1,121
1976 9,966 8,190 447 1,328
1977 11,463 9,456 505 1,503
1978 12,513 10,315 541 1,657
1979 13,708 11,333 581 1,794
1980 15,437 12,816 638 1,983
1981 17,199 14,379 684 2,136
1982 17,338 14,811 652 1,875
1983 17,530 15,196 607 1,728
1984 17,900 15,623 536 1,741
1985 18,836 16,483 545 1,809
1986 19,847 17,409 547 1,890
1987 20,512 18,053 532 1,926
1988 21,692 19,165 529 1,999
1989 22,873 20,314 523 2,036
1990 24,803 22,113 531 2,159
1991 27,662 24,738 550 2,374
1992 31,091 27,856 572 2,663
1993 34,598 30,913 572 3,112
1994 37,717 33,711 579 3,428
1995 40,898 36,610 577 3,711
1996 44,174 39,625 515 4,034
1997 45,659 41,083 479 4,098
1998 48,173 43,467 457 4,249
1999 51,331 46,459 433 4,439
2000 54,938 49,848 421 4,670
2001 59,577 54,244 416 4,917
2002 65,645 59,886 423 5,337
2003 70,906 64,811 431 5,664
2004 78,202 71,685 455 6,062
2005 85,394 78,381 483 6,531
2006 92,384 84,952 509 6,923
2007 99,086 91,314 520 7,251
2008 106,301 98,104 534 7,664
2009 118,329 109,549 586 8,194
2010 124,191 115,059 598 8,534
2011 128,935 119,563 608 8,765
2012 136,878 127,155 631 9,092
2013 140,071 130,427 615 9,028
2014 141,622 132,154 598 8,870
2015 143,282 133,945 588 8,749
2016 142,703 133,644 570 8,489
2017 142,740 133,871 551 8,318
2018 143,656 134,962 536 8,158
2019 145,049 136,512 532 8,004
2020 143,487 135,204 509 7,774
2021 139,996 132,401 465 7,131
Notes:
  1. Amounts by type of benefit are estimated.
  2. The amounts of benefits paid in each year generally do not reflect adjustments that were made for earlier periods. Such adjustments include reimbursements beginning in 1983 for uncashed checks, a reimbursement in 2006 that corrected an accounting error over the period 1999-2005 related to voluntary income tax withholding, and transfers in 2007-09 from the OASI Trust Fund to the DI Trust Fund to correct a trust fund allocation error made on payments to certain dually entitled disabled beneficiaries.
  3. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.