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In 1999, Social Security granted 2.25 million benefits, 4.1% less than in 1998. The reduction in the rhythm of growth of the concession of benefits has certainly borne the influence of the social security reform, which instituted the rule of transition, with the age limits of 53 for men and 48 for women, as a condition for eligibility for retirement based upon the time of contribution. In 1999, 144.149 people retired based upon the time of contribution, which represents a 51.6% decline as compared to 1998. In addition, the average age for the concession of the benefit increased from 49.9 years, in 1998, to 52.25 years in 1999.
EVOLUTION OF THE
NUMBER OF BENEFITS GRANTED BY SOCIAL SECURITY — 1995 — 1999
Taking the stock into account, in 1999, Social Security paid 18.8 million benefits, 3.6% above the figure pertaining to 1998. Most of these benefits are retirement and pensions, accounting for 83.5% of the total benefits paid in 1999.
Social security revenues present a performance slightly above that of 1998, with a collection of R$ 49.1 billion (5.33% above that of 1998). The most important gains in 1999 derived from measures focusing the recovery of credits, such as court deposits, certificates of public debt and settlement of debts by some enterprises. These measures totalled R$ 1.4 billion in the collection.
It is important to highlight that the performance of the net collection during 1999 was also marked by gains deriving from other measures in the domain of collection, such as that of social contribution by Labour Justice and the retention of social-security dues for services carried out by means of labour transfer. In 1999, the social-security deficit totalled R$ 9.4 billion, 32.5% above the one recorded in 1998. As shown in the graph, from 1998 to 1999, the growth of deficit was less marked than in the period 1997/1998. This behaviour reflects both the contention of the flow of retirements per time of contribution and the effort aimed at increasing collection, due to the implementation of measures in this domain. Retirement in the rural milieu represent a true minimum-income programme, for they are benefits granted without the corresponding contribution. From 1994 to 1998, the value of retirement benefits in the rural milieu has practically doubled, now reaching nearly R$ 10 billion, and benefiting over 6 million people.
A total of 372.866 families was settled from 1995 to 1999, by the Agrarian-Reform Programme. The area of land reserved for the agrarian reform was 16 million hectares, which corresponds to twice the territory of Belgium. The total cost of rural properties per family was R$ 19.4 thousand, in 1999. Currently, the cost has been reduced to R$ 9.3 thousand, 52% less than in 1995. In 1995, the average value of the hectare acquired for the agrarian reform was R$ 380,00. Now it has fallen to R$ 280,00. In 1995, INCRA paid R$ 166.5 million in indemnities. In 1999 this amount fell to R$ 46.6 million. The national average basic cost per family settled at the beginning of Plano Real was R$ 40 thousand. Now it has fallen to R$ 25.2 thousand. The 37% reduction was possible particularly due to economic stability.
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