Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

A SUMMARY OF THE 2009 ANNUAL REPORTS
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees

The following table presents the plot points for the data in Chart A--OASI, DI and HI Trust Fund Ratios (assets as a percentage of annual expenditures) on a calendar year basis for the historical period (1970-2008) and the projection period (2009-2025), under the intermediate set of assumptions.

Plot points for chart A
Calendar year OASI DI HI
1970 101% 126% 47%
1971 94% 140% 54%
1972 88% 140% 47%
1973 75% 125% 40%
1974 68% 110% 69%
1975 63% 92% 79%
1976 54% 71% 77%
1977 47% 48% 66%
1978 39% 26% 57%
1979 30% 30% 54%
1980 23% 35% 52%
1981 18% 21% 45%
1982 15% 17% 52%
1983 14% 15% 20%
1984 20% 35% 29%
1985 24% 27% 32%
1986 28% 38% 41%
1987 30% 44% 79%
1988 41% 38% 101%
1989 59% 38% 115%
1990 79% 40% 128%
1991 87% 39% 136%
1992 103% 40% 136%
1993 117% 35% 131%
1994 130% 23% 122%
1995 139% 55% 113%
1996 149% 83% 100%
1997 160% 113% 90%
1998 177% 133% 85%
1999 201% 152% 92%
2000 223% 171% 108%
2001 247% 193% 124%
2002 272% 208% 137%
2003 300% 219% 152%
2004 322% 218% 150%
2005 340% 212% 147%
2006 361% 207% 149%
2007 372% 206% 150%
2008 392% 197% 138%
2009 392% 179% 131%
2010 404% 161% 118%
2011 416% 144% 106%
2012 422% 128% 91%
2013 421% 113% 76%
2014 419% 98% 58%
2015 415% 84% 41%
2016 410% 70% 24%
2017 403% 55% 7%
2018 394% 40% a/
2019 383% 25% a/
2020 370% 9% a/
2021 357% a/ a/
2022 343% a/ a/
2023 329% a/ a/
2024 314% a/ a/
2025 298% a/ a/
a/ The trust fund is estimated to be exhausted by the beginning of this year.

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Last reviewed or modified 5/12/2009