Sixty-six percent of business software used on personal computers (PCs) in China is unlicensed. The commercial value of that unlicensed software is $6.8 billion.[1]
In Russia, 62 percent of the business software is unlicensed, with a commercial value of $1.3 billion.
Globally, 37 percent of all business software used on PCs is unlicensed.
According to the Software Alliance, just 15 percent of business software on PCs used in the United States is unlicensed.[2] However, due to the size of the economy and other factors, the commercial value of the unlicensed software is higher than for any other country, at $8.6 billion.
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