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 In
the tug-of-war between Sweden and Denmark for the ?honour? of having
the world?s highest taxes, Denmark has held on to the title in the
latest OECD report covering 2008.

With an average tax rate of
48.3 percent, Denmark edges out its Scandinavian neighbour by more than
a full percentage point, Sweden coming in at 47.1 percent.