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

The table compares five different

countries

in terms of their annual

tax

collected as a

percentage

of

GDP

between 1975 and 2005.

Overall

, the data shows that all five

countries

experienced a gradual increase in the proportion of

tax

collected relative to

GDP

over the years.

Sweden

had the highest

percentage

of

GDP

tax

throughout the period, showing the most significant growth.

By contrast

, the U.S. exhibited the smallest increase in

tax

as a

percentage

of

GDP

during

this

timeframe. Starting with the

countries

showing the highest

tax

proportions,

Sweden

and the U.S. began with respective percentages of 46% and 25.1% in 1975, with

Sweden

's figure nearly double that of the U.S. Both

countries

saw steady increases until 1995, reaching 51% in

Sweden

and 27.1% in the U.S. In 2005,

Sweden

continued to demonstrate substantial growth, reaching a peak of 70%, making it the country with the highest

tax

-to-

GDP

ratio.

In contrast

, the U.S. only rose slightly to 27.4%, remaining one of the

countries

with the lowest proportion of

GDP

taxed. Looking at the remaining

countries

—Korea, Japan, and Turkey—these three nations demonstrated similar proportions and changes in

tax

as a

percentage

of

GDP

. All three

countries

started the period with an average

tax

rate

of around 15-16% of

GDP

. By 1985, Korea experienced the highest growth in

GDP

tax

among these nations, rising to 27%.

In contrast

, Japan's

tax

rate

increased only slightly,

by

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from

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1% to 16%,

while

Turkey’s

tax

rate

declined slightly to 15%.

However

, by 2005, Japan and Turkey showed notable increases. Japan’s

tax

-to-

GDP

ratio doubled to 32%,

while

Turkey’s reached 27.4%. Korea, meanwhile, remained almost unchanged from its 1985

rate

.