Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

A SUMMARY OF THE 2012 ANNUAL REPORTS
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees
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 (1970-2011) and the projection period (2012-2086), 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%
2.40%
2002
4.34%
2.49%
2003
4.30%
2.53%
2004
4.23%
2.61%
2005
4.20%
2.69%
2006
4.15%
3.07%
2007
4.24%
3.15%
2008
4.37%
3.22%
2009
4.92%
3.59%
2010
4.90%
3.59%
2011
4.88%
3.67%
2012
5.01%
3.72%
2013
5.06%
3.60%
2014
5.09%
3.64%
2015
5.10%
3.62%
2016
5.11%
3.64%
2017
5.14%
3.69%
2018
5.19%
3.76%
2019
5.28%
3.84%
2020
5.38%
3.96%
2021
5.49%
4.09%
2022
5.59%
4.29%
2023
5.70%
4.42%
2024
5.80%
4.55%
2025
5.89%
4.68%
2026
5.98%
4.81%
2027
6.06%
4.94%
2028
6.13%
5.07%
2029
6.20%
5.18%
2030
6.25%
5.29%
2031
6.29%
5.39%
2032
6.32%
5.48%
2033
6.34%
5.57%
2034
6.36%
5.65%
2035
6.36%
5.73%
2036
6.36%
5.81%
2037
6.35%
5.86%
2038
6.34%
5.90%
2039
6.33%
5.94%
2040
6.31%
5.97%
2041
6.28%
6.00%
2042
6.26%
6.02%
2043
6.24%
6.04%
2044
6.22%
6.06%
2045
6.21%
6.08%
2046
6.19%
6.10%
2047
6.17%
6.12%
2048
6.15%
6.13%
2049
6.14%
6.14%
2050
6.12%
6.15%
2051
6.11%
6.16%
2052
6.10%
6.17%
2053
6.09%
6.18%
2054
6.09%
6.19%
2055
6.08%
6.21%
2056
6.08%
6.23%
2057
6.08%
6.25%
2058
6.07%
6.27%
2059
6.07%
6.29%
2060
6.06%
6.31%
2061
6.06%
6.33%
2062
6.05%
6.35%
2063
6.05%
6.37%
2064
6.04%
6.40%
2065
6.04%
6.42%
2066
6.03%
6.45%
2067
6.03%
6.48%
2068
6.03%
6.50%
2069
6.03%
6.52%
2070
6.04%
6.55%
2071
6.04%
6.57%
2072
6.04%
6.59%
2073
6.04%
6.62%
2074
6.04%
6.63%
2075
6.04%
6.64%
2076
6.04%
6.65%
2077
6.05%
6.66%
2078
6.05%
6.67%
2079
6.05%
6.68%
2080
6.06%
6.69%
2081
6.06%
6.70%
2082
6.07%
6.71%
2083
6.08%
6.71%
2084
6.08%
6.72%
2085
6.09%
6.72%
2086
6.10%
6.73%
 

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