Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rakes in more money in a single day than an average American earns over the course of a year, his recently released tax records show.

Bowing to political pressure, the former Massachusetts governor, released his two most recent tax records on Tuesday, which showed he raked in 21.7 million dollars in 2010 and paid a tax rate of just 14 percent in 2010.

That means Romney made about 59,452 dollars every day in that year, dwarfing the median household income of 49,445 dollars, according to the US Census Bureau.

According to The New York Daily News, Romney hasn't drawn a real salary in years, and the numbers confirm what most analysts believed- the bulk of his income comes from investment gains.

Since capital gains are taxed at a much lower rate, 15 percent, than the levy on the salaries of the wealthiest Americans, 35 percent, Romney has an annual income in the top one percent of Americans paired with a relatively low tax rate, the report said.

Meanwhile, Romney's campaign said the candidate would pay about 3.2 million dollars in federal taxes in 2011 with a tax rate of about 15.4 percent.

Romney's recent tax figures showed that his tax rate was almost half that of Barack Obama's, despite the US President's income being much lower.

Obama and his wife Michelle paid 26 per cent tax on 1.8 million dollars in 2010, their tax returns shows. (ANI)