Software piracy is spread to all countries. Sometime people use pirated software without there knowledge. Many time people
don’t realize disadvantages of pirated software.
Pirated software can get by computer vendors, downloaded from internet. Software or any digital product can be easily spread and shared to anyone. From last few years software piracy is getting down and many countries reputation is increased ad they have bring down there piracy rate.
BSA-IDC Global Software 08 Piracy Study shows detail report of global software piracy. Study shows PC software piracy dropped in 57 (52 percent) of the 110 countries studied and remained stable in another 39countries (35 percent).
This report also shows Top 25 highest and lowest piracy countries.
| Highest Piracy | Lowest Piracy |
| Georgia 95% Bangladesh 92% Armenia 92% Zimbabwe 92% Sri Lanka 90% Azerbaijan 90% Moldova 90% Yemen 89% Libya 87% Pakistan 86% Venezuela 86% Indonesia 85% Vietnam 85% Iraq 85% Ukraine 84% Algeria 84% Montenegro 83% Paraguay 83% Cameroon 83% Nigeria 83% Zambia 82% Bolivia 81% Guatemala 81% China 80% El Salvador 80% |
United States 20% Japan 21% Luxembourg 21% New Zealand 22% Austria 24% Belgium 25% Denmark 25% Sweden 25% Switzerland 25% Australia 26% Finland 26% Germany 27% United Kingdom 27% Netherlands 28% Norway 28% Israel 32% Canada 32% Ireland 34% South Africa 35% Singapore 36% UAE 36% Czech Republic 38% Taiwan 39% Reunion 40% France 41% |
You can download this report from there site or from this link.
