2006 Global Software

Piracy Study
Released May 2007
Piracy Rates

Losses ($M)

2006

2005

2004

2003

2006

2005

2004

2003

29%
82%
53%
71%
85%
25%
60%
22%
86%
71%
39%
45%
41%
80%
88%
86%
55%

31%
86%
54%
72%
87%
28%
60%
23%
86%
71%
40%
46%
43%
80%
90%
82%
54%

32%
90%
52%
74%
87%
28%
61%
23%
82%
71%
42%
46%
43%
79%
92%
76%
53%

31%
92%
52%
73%
88%
29%
63%
23%
83%
72%
43%
48%
43%
80%
92%
76%
53%

$515
$5,429
$180
$1,275
$350
$1,781
$289
$49
$143
$119
$125
$440
$182
$421
$96
$202
$11,596

$361
$3,884
$112
$566
$280
$1,621
$149
$30
$48
$76
$86
$400
$111
$259
$38
$29
$8,050

$409
$3,565
$116
$519
$183
$1,787
$134
$25
$26
$69
$96
$506
$161
$183
$55
$63
$7,897

$341
$3,823
$102
$367
$158
$1,633
$129
$21
$16
$55
$90
$462
$139
$141
$41
$37
$7,555

77%
95%
94%
68%
69%
55%
39%
52%
42%
81%
56%
57%
69%
82%
94%
57%
69%
80%
78%
45%
48%
84%
96%
84%
68%

76%
95%
94%
69%
71%
57%
40%
54%
42%
85%
57%
57%
70%
83%
96%
58%
72%
83%
80%
47%
50%
85%
96%
86%
69%

77%

70%
71%
58%
41%
55%
44%
85%
58%
58%
72%
83%

59%
74%
87%
80%
48%
51%
91%
90%
85%
71%

71%
59%
40%
54%
42%
85%
57%

58%
73%
87%

50%
52%
91%
91%
72%
71%

$11
$8
$51
$14
$50
$62
$147
$16
$111
$85
$26
$31
$10
$6
$56
$484
$114
$2,197
$59
$47
$36
$337
$62
$104
$4,124

$9
$7
$40
$13
$41
$51
$121
$18
$106
$69
$20
$25
$9
$9
$44
$388
$111
$1,625
$95
$44
$33
$239
$69
$76
$3,262

$7

$12
$33
$50
$132
$17
$126
$57
$19
$21
$8
$8

$379
$62
$1,362
$85
$48
$37
$107
$64
$48
$2,682

$26
$45
$106
$14
$96

$16
$17

$301
$49
$1,104

$40
$32
$92
$112
$61
$2,111

75%
82%
60%
68%
59%
64%
79%
67%
82%
81%
75%
63%
80%
74%
82%
71%
70%
86%
83%
66%

77%
83%
64%
66%
57%
66%
77%
69%
81%
81%
75%
65%
80%
71%
83%
73%
70%
82%
82%
68%

75%
80%
64%
64%
55%
67%
77%
70%
80%
78%
75%
65%
80%
70%
83%
73%
71%
79%
79%
66%

71%
78%
61%
63%
53%
68%
76%
68%
79%
77%
73%
63%
79%
69%
83%
68%
67%
72%
81%
63%

$303
$15
$1,148
$163
$111
$27
$19
$30
$18
$26
$7
$748
$4
$18
$10
$59
$16
$307
$96
$3,125

$182
$10
$766
$109
$90
$19
$8
$17
$8
$14
$4
$525
$2
$8
$10
$40
$9
$173
$32
$2,026

$108
$9
$659
$87
$81
$16
$4
$13
$5
$10
$3
$407
$1
$4
$11
$39
$12
$71
$6
$1,546

$69
$11
$519
$68
$61
$17
$5
$11
$4
$9
$3
$369
$1
$4
$9
$31
$10
$55
$7
$1,263

ASIA/PACIFIC
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Other AP
REGIONAL AVERAGE

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Other CIS
Other EE
REGIONAL AVERAGE

LATIN AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Other LA
REGIONAL AVERAGE

Piracy Rates

Losses ($M)

2006

2005

2004

2003

2006

2005

2004

2003

84%
60%
81%
84%
52%
63%
32%
82%
61%
80%
64%
73%
59%
66%
82%
62%
58%
40%
52%
81%
35%
79%
64%
35%
82%
91%
85%
89%
60%

83%
60%
82%
84%
52%
64%
32%
82%
63%
81%
66%
73%
60%
68%
82%
63%
60%
40%
52%
82%
36%
81%
65%
34%
83%
90%
84%
91%
57%

83%
62%
84%
84%
53%
65%
33%
84%
64%
83%
68%
75%
60%
72%
84%
64%
62%
40%
52%
84%
37%
84%
66%
34%
84%
90%
84%
93%
58%

84%
64%
81%
81%
55%
69%
35%
81%
65%
80%
68%
74%
61%
73%
84%
65%
63%
39%
54%
81%
36%
82%
66%
34%
81%
87%
81%
92%
56%

$62
$23
$12
$5
$12
$88
$102
$16
$19
$22
$60
$39
$3
$53
$100
$25
$23

$195
$6
$225
$55
$314
$62
$2
$2
$49
$423
$1,997

$66
$22
$12
$5
$13
$80
$84
$23
$19
$20
$65
$34
$3
$55
$82
$22
$21
$1
$178
$6
$212
$54
$268
$45
$2
$6
$63
$154
$1,615

$67
$19

$9
$50
$66

$16
$16
$48
$26
$4
$65
$54
$13
$16
$1
$125

$196
$38
$182
$34

$9
$124
$70
$1,248

$59
$18

$8
$56
$69

$15
$12
$41
$22
$4
$57
$47
$11
$13
$1
$120

$147
$29
$127
$29

$6
$84
$51
$1,026

34%
45%
21%
22%

33%
47%
21%
22%

36%
46%
21%
22%

35%
46%
22%
23%

$784
$31
$7,289
$8,104

$779
$12
$6,895
$7,686

$889
$15
$6,645
$7,549

$736
$11
$6,496
$7,243

26%
27%
25%
27%
45%
28%
61%
53%
36%
51%
45%
29%
29%
43%
46%
26%
26%
27%
34%

26%
28%
27%
26%
47%
27%
64%
57%
37%
53%
45%
30%
30%
43%
46%
27%
27%
27%
35%

25%
29%
27%
29%
45%
29%
62%

38%
50%
47%
30%
31%
40%
43%
26%
28%
27%
34%

27%
29%
26%
31%
45%
30%
63%

41%
49%
46%
33%
32%
41%
44%
27%
31%
29%
36%

$147
$222
$183
$149
$2,676
$1,642
$165
$32
$92
$1,403
$7
$419
$181
$140
$865
$313
$324
$1,670
$10,630

$131
$257
$199
$156
$3,191
$1,920
$157
$18
$93
$1,564
$5
$596
$169
$104
$765
$340
$376
$1,802
$11,843

$128
$309
$226
$177
$2,928
$2,286
$106

$89
$1,500
$3
$628
$184
$82
$634
$304
$309
$1,963
$11,856

$109
$240
$165
$148
$2,311
$1,899
$87

$71
$1,127
$2
$577
$155
$66
$512
$241
$293
$1,601
$9,604

MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Algeria
Bahrain
Botswana
Cameroon
Cyprus
Egypt
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Lebanon
Mauritius
Morocco
Nigeria
Oman
Qatar
Reunion
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Africa
Tunisia
Turkey
UAE
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Other Africa
Other ME
REGIONAL AVERAGE

NORTH AMERICA
Canada
Puerto Rico
United States
REGIONAL AVERAGE

WESTERN EUROPE

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Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
REGIONAL AVERAGE

TOTAL WORLDWIDE

35%

35%

35%

36%

$39,576

$34,482

$32,778

$28,803

EMEA

42%

40%

39%

41%

$16,751

$16,720

$15,786

$12,741

European Union

36%

36%

35%

37%

$11,003

$12,048

$12,151

$9,786

EMEA countries include: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta,
Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Other Africa, Other ME, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Other CIS, Other EE).
European Union countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom