Romania's tax collection, among lowest in EU as share of local GDP
Denmark and Sweden, which have among the highest taxes in the EU, are also the champions in terms of tax collection in the Union, 48.2 percent and 47.1 percent of their GDP, respectively. Bulgaria managed to collect taxes worth 33.3 percent of its GDP in 2008, while the Czech republic, 36.1 percent. Hungary's tax collection was of 40.4 percent of its GDP in 2008, while it Poland it was of 34.3 percent.