The table gives information about the amount of tax collected in five countries for 4 hears between 1975 and 2005.

The table illustrates how much tax was collected in five major

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in the years 1975,1985,1995 and 2005. The

overall

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message from the data seems to be that the highest tax rate was shown by

Sweden

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in all

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with the

USA

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and

Japan

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also

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displaying a notable pattern.

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with,

Sweden

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and the

USA

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were the

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with the highest proportion.

Sweden

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started with 46% in 1975 ,which saw a gradual increase over the next two decades, reaching 51% in 1995,

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the

USA

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collected taxes almost twice as low as the figure for

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27.1%. Meanwhile, in the

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year,

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topped the list at 70.1% compared to other

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,

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the

USA

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's statistic remained relatively steady at 27.4%.

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, looking at the other three

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, all of them showed similar proportions and alternations.

Korea

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and

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had similar tax rates of about 15-16% in 1975.

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Japan

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grew marginally by 16%,

Korea

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's figure nearly doubled after 10 years. Over the period,

Korea

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,

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and Turkey continued to increase. In 2005, statistics for

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and Turkey were 27.3% and 27.4%, respectively.

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,

Japan

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’s rate rose slightly higher than both

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, reaching 32.1%

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of the period.