Complete breakdown of software piracy losses by country was taken from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) “Global Software Piracy Study”.

Source:  BSA, “Seventh Annual BSA/IDC Global Software 09 Piracy Study,” May 2010, PC Software Piracy Rates and Commercial Value of Unlicensed Software, page 14-15.

According to the Business Software Alliance, $51.4 Billion of software was pirated in 2009.

Globally, 43 percent of all software on computers were pirated in 2009, up from 41 percent in 2008.

Source:  Business Software Alliance, “Seventh Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study,” May 11, 2010.

China reported that in 2009, $18.9 Billion was spent on pirated software in the country.

12 percent of the total software market in the country was made up of pirated software.

Source:  AFP, “China says software piracy declines — to 19 billion dollars,” Google News, May 10, 2010.

Up to 60 percent of all software is estimated to be pirated in Bulgaria.

Source:  Nick Lliev, “Bulgaria ‘leads in internet piracy in the EU’,” Sophia Echo, April 27, 2010.

In 2010, software maker Microsoft was employing 75 people in its anti-piracy operations.

Source:  Mark Hachman, “CSI Redmond: How Microsoft Tracks Down Pirates,” PC Magazine, April 26, 2010.

The industrial union in Italy reported that the piracy of movies, music, software and television shows results in the loss of 185,000 jobs.

Source:  Eric J. Lyman, “Piracy causes 185,000 lost jobs in Italy,” Hollywood Reporter, April 19, 2010.

The International Chamber of Commerce stated that people in Europe downloaded $13.7 Billion (10 Billion Euros) worth of pirated movies, music, tv shows and software in 2008.

Source:  Associated Press, “European Web downloads cost euro10 billion,” BusinessWeek, March 17, 2010.

According to the Business Software Alliance, 80 percent of all software used in China in 2008 was pirated. The software piracy rate was down from the 90 percent reported in 2004.

Source:  Bruce Einhorn, “Software Industry Loses Patience with China,” BusinessWeek, March 10, 2010.

In 2009, one-quarter of all stores selling software in Russia were selling pirated copies of Windows, according to Microsoft.

Source:  Associated Press, “Microsoft: Pirated software still in Russian shops,” San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2010.

According to Microsoft, one-third of all Windows users around the world are using pirated copies.

Source: “Windows pirates encouraged to install security patches,” Technology Live, USA Today, February 1, 2010.