The table below gives information about the amount of tax collected ( as % of GDP) in five countries for 4 years between 1975 and 2005.

The table provides data on tax revenues collected in five different countries over four specific years between 1975 and 2005.

Overall

,

it is clear that

both

Sweden

and the

USA

showed a consistent increase in tax collection, starting from lower amounts and reaching their peak over the years. In 1975, the highest amount of collected taxes was in

Sweden

at 46%,

while

this

percentage was significantly lower at 25.1% in the

USA

.

However

,

Korea

and

Japan

experienced approximately the same percentages, 15% and 15.1%, respectively.

Lastly

,

Turkey

showed 16%.Turning to 1985, the smallest percentages were in

Japan

and

Turkey

, at 16% and 15%, respectively.

Moreover

, the highest was in

Sweden

at 47%.

By contrast

, it was almost similar in the

USA

and

Korea

, at 25.4% and 27%,in turn.In 1995, the percentage in

Sweden

was 51%, which was nearly twice as high as in the

USA

at 27.1%.Meanwhile, it was nearly similar in

Korea

,

Japan

, and

Turkey

, at 26%, 23%, and 25%, respectively.By 2005,

Sweden

reached a peak at 70.1%. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference in the

USA

,

Korea

, and

Turkey

, at 27.4%, 27.3%, and 27.4%, respectively.

In contrast

,

Japan

's percentage was just 32.1%.