According to the BSA study, the percentage of unlicensed software in Latvia was 53% in 2013.
Meanwhile, the proportion of pirated software in use across the world has dropped to 39% from 43% in 2013.
The highest percentage of unlicensed software, 61%, has been recorded in the Asia Pacific region, followed by Central and Eastern Europe with 58% and the Middle East and Africa with 57%.
In Western Europe the share of pirated software is 28%, and only 17% of computer software is illegal in North America .
BSA is a Washington-based organization represented in more than 60 countries of the world. It's the world’s leading organization for protection of interests of the software industry.
