Social security outlays and forecast U.S. as a percentage of GDP 2032

The statistic represents the U.S. social security outlays from 2000 to 2021 with an additional forecast from 2022 to 2032 as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product. Social security outlays amounted to 1.12 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021, which is about 5 percent of the U.S. GDP. The forecast predicts an increase in social security outlays up to 2.17 trillion U.S. dollars in 2032, which would be about 5.9 percent of the projected U.S. GDP.

The GDP of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.

Social security outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2032 (as a percentage of GDP)

Characteristic	Percentage of the GDP
2032*	5.9%
2031*	5.9%
2030*	5.8%
2029*	5.7%
2028*	5.6%
2027*	5.5%
2026*	5.4%
2025*	5.3%
2024*	5.2%
2023*	5%
2022*	4.9%
2021	5%
2020**	5.4%
2019**	4.8%
2018	4.9%
2017	4.9%
2016	4.9%
2015	4.9%
2014	4.9%
2013	4.8%
2012	4.7%
2011	4.7%
2010	4.7%
2009	4.2%
2008	4.1%
2007	4%
2006	4%
2005	4.1%
2004	4.2%
2003	4.2%
2002	4.1%
2001	4%
2000	4.1%

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Release date

May 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* Projections.

**Values for 2019-2020 are calculated by Statista using GDP figures from the source's 10-Year Economic Projections, available here.

Values prior to 2019 taken from The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2019 to 2029, page 159, available here. Values after 2020 are taken from The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2022 to 2032, page 59, available here.

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