Video System Format Around The World

Countries using PAL

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina (PAL-N)
Australia
Austria
Azores
Baharain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil (PAL-N)
Brunei
Cameroon
Canary Islands
China
Cyprus
Denmark
Dubai
England
East Germany (SECAM standard currently simulcast)
Ethiopia
Faeroe Islands
Finland
Ghana
Gibraltar
Germany (Western)
Guinea
Greenland
Holland
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Liberia
Madeire
Malaysia
Malta
Mozambique
Nepal
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay (PAL-N)
Poland
Portugal
Qutar
Romania
Singapore
Somalia
South Africa
S.W. Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay (PAL-N)
West Germany
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Countries using SECAM

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Benin
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Burundi
Chad
Congo
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Djibouti
East Germany (PAL standard currently simulcast)
Egypt
Estonia
France
French Guyana
Gabon
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guyana Republic
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Madagascar
Mali
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
New Caledonia
Niger
Russia
Saint Pierre
Saudi Arabia (MESECAM - see below)
Senegal
Slovenia
Syria
Tahiti
Togo
Tunisia
Ukraine
Zaire


Countries using NTSC

Antigua
Bahamas
Barbados
Barbuda
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Burma
Cambodia
Canada
Cayman Islands Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
El Salvador
Ecuador
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Japan
Mexico
Midway Islands
Netherland Antilles
Nicaragua
North Mariana Island
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Saipan
Samoa
South Korea
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Surinam
Taiwan
Tobago
Trinidad
United States
Venezuela
Virgin Islands