Tax Policy Center

Fiscal Facts

March 26, 2018
Annual Social Insurance and Retirement Receipts
Fact: 
Social Insurance and Retirement Receipts totaled $1.16 trillion in 2017, or 6.8% of GDP. From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the ratio was above 7.5% of GDP, bolstered by the 1983 Social Security reforms.
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