What are the video format standards used in different countries/regions worldwide?
Many foreign countries/regions use a different video format standard to broadcast and display video. There are three major video format standards used around the world: National Television System Committee ( NTSC ), Phase Alternating Line ( PAL ), and Sequential Color and Memory ( SECAM ). The table below provides a list of countries/regions and the video format standard used in each.
| Country/Region | Video Format Standard |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | PAL |
| Algeria | PAL |
| Antiqua | NTSC |
| Argentina | PAL |
| Australia | PAL |
| Austria | PAL |
| Bahrain | PAL |
| Bangladesh | PAL |
| Barbados | NTSC |
| Belgium | PAL |
| Bermuda | NTSC |
| Brazil | PAL |
| Brunei | PAL |
| Bulgaria | SECAM |
| Canada | NTSC |
| Canary Isle | PAL |
| Chile | NTSC |
| China | PAL |
| Colombia | NTSC |
| Congo | SECAM |
| Costa Rica | NTSC |
| Cuba | NTSC |
| Cyprus | PAL/SEC |
| Czechoslovakia | SECAM |
| Denmark | PAL |
| Dominican Republic | NTSC |
| Dubai | PAL |
| Ecuador | NTSC |
| Egypt | SECAM |
| Eire | PAL |
| El Salvador | NTSC |
| Ethiopia | PAL |
| Finland | PAL |
| France | SECAM |
| Germany | PAL |
| Ghana | PAL |
| Gibraltar | PAL |
| Greece | SECAM |
| Guatemala | NTSC |
| Haiti | SECAM |
| Honduras | NTSC |
| Hong Kong | PAL |
| Hungary | SECAM |
| Iceland | PAL |
| India | PAL |
| Indonesia | PAL |
| Iran | SECAM |
| Iraq | SECAM |
| Israel | PAL |
| Italy | PAL |
| Ivory Coast | SECAM |
| Jamaica | NTSC |
| Japan | NTSC |
| Jordan | PAL |
| Kenya | PAL |
| Korea | NTSC |
| Kuwait | PAL |
| Lebanon | SECAM |
| Liberia | PAL |
| Libya | PAL |
| Luxembourg | PAL/SEC |
| Malaysia | PAL |
| Malta | PAL |
| Mauritius | SECAM |
| Mexico | NTSC |
| Monaco | SECAM/PAL |
| Morocco | SECAM |
| Netherlands | PAL |
| New Zealand | PAL |
| Nicaragua | NTSC |
| Nigeria | PAL |
| Norway | PAL |
| Oman | PAL |
| Pakistan | PAL |
| Panama | NTSC |
| Peru | NTSC |
| Philippines | NTSC |
| Poland | SECAM |
| Portugal | PAL |
| Puerto Rico | NTSC |
| Qatar | PAL |
| Saba, Sarawak | PAL |
| Saudi Arabia | SECAM |
| Sierra Leone | PAL |
| Singapore | PAL |
| South Africa | PAL |
| Spain | PAL |
| Sri Lanka | PAL |
| Sudan | PAL |
| Surinam | NTSC |
| Sweden | PAL |
| Switzerland | PAL |
| Syria | SECAM |
| Taiwan | NTSC |
| Tanzania | PAL |
| Thailand | PAL |
| Trinidad | NTSC |
| Tunisia | SECAM |
| Türkiye | PAL |
| UAE | PAL |
| Uganda | PAL |
| UK | PAL |
| Uruguay | PAL |
| USA | NTSC |
| USSR | SECAM |
| Venezuela | NTSC |
| Yemen | PAL |
| Yugoslavia | PAL |
| Zaire | SECAM |
| Zambia | PAL |
| Zanzibar | PAL |
| Zimbabwe | PAL |
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