There are three main video formats in the world: NTSC, PAL and SECAM. NTSC is used in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and most Caribbean and Latin American countries (except for Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil). PAL is used in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and most African and Asian countries, as well as in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Below is a comprehensive list of countries and their respective video/broadcast format standards.
Abu Dhabi	PAL
Afghanistan	PAL / SECAM(H)
Albania	PAL
Algeria	PAL
American Samoa	NTSC
Andorra	SECAM(V) / PAL
Angola	PAL
Antigua	NTSC
Antilles (Dutch)	NTSC
Argentina	PAL-N
Aruba	NTSC
Ascension Island	PAL
Australia	PAL
Austria	PAL
Azerbaijan	SECAM(H)
Azores	PAL
Bahamas	NTSC
Bahrain	PAL
Bangladesh	PAL
Barbados	NTSC
Barbuda	NTSC
Belarus	SECAM
Belgium	PAL
Belize	NTSC
Benin	SECAM(V)
Bermuda	NTSC
Bolivia	NTSC M N
Bosnia Herzegovina	PAL
Botswana	PAL
Brazil	PAL-M
British Virgin Islands	NTSC
Brunei	PAL
Bulgaria	SECAM(H)
Burkina Faso	SECAM(V)
Burma	NTSC
Burundi	SECAM(V)
Cambodia	SECAM(V)
Cameroon	PAL
Canada	NTSC
Canary Islands	PAL / SECAM(H)
Cape Verde	PAL
Cayman Islands	PAL / NTSC
Central African Republic	SECAM
Chad	SECAM(V)
Chile	NTSC-M
China	PAL
Christmas Island	PAL
Columbia	NTSC
Congo	SECAM(V)
Cook Island	PAL
Corsica	SECAM(V)
Costa Rica	NTSC
Croatia	PAL
Cuba	NTSC
Curacao	NTSC
Cyprus	PAL
Cyprus (Turkish)	PAL
Czech Republic (Ct1, Ct2, Prima)	PAL
Czech Republic (Nova)	SECAM(H)
Dahomey	SECAM
Denmark	PAL
Diego Garcia	NTSC
Djibouti	SECAM(V)
Dominica	NTSC
Dominican Republic	NTSC
Dubai	PAL
Easter Island	PAL
Ecuador	NTSC
Egypt	SECAM / PAL
Egypt	SECAM / PAL
El Salvador	NTSC
Equatorial Guinea	SECAM(V)
Eritrea	PAL
Estonia	SECAM(H)
Ethiopia	PAL
Faeroe Islands	PAL
Falkland Islands	PAL
Fiji	PAL
Finland	PAL
France	SECAM(V)
Gabon	SECAM(V)
Galapagos Island	NTSC
Gambia	PAL
Gaza and West Bank	PAL
Georgia	SECAM(H)
Germany	PAL
Ghana	PAL
Gibraltar	PAL
Greece	SECAM / PAL
Greenland	NTSC / PAL
Grenada	NTSC
Guadeloupe	SECAM(V)
Guam	NTSC
Guatemala	NTSC
Guinea	PAL
Guinea-Bissau	PAL
Guyana (Republic)	NTSC
Guyana French	SECAM(V)
Haiti	NTSC
Holland	PAL
Honduras	NTSC
Hong Kong	PAL
Hungary	SECAM / PAL
Iceland	PAL
India	PAL
Indonesia	PAL
Iran	SECAM(H)
Iraq	SECAM(H)
Ireland	PAL
Israel	PAL
Italy	PAL
Ivory Coast	SECAM(V)
Jamaica	NTSC
Japan	NTSC
Johnston Islands	NTSC
Jordan	PAL
Kampuchea	SECAM(V)
Kazakhstan	SECAM(H)
Kenya	PAL
Kiribati	PAL
Korea North	SECAM
Kuwait	PAL
Kyrgyzstan	SECAM(H)
Laos	PAL-M
Latvia	PAL / SECAM
Lebanon	PAL
Leeward Islands	NTSC
Lesotho	PAL
Liberia	PAL
Libya	SECAM
Liechtenstein	PAL
Lithuania	PAL / SECAM(H)
Luxembourg	PAL / SECAM
Macau	PAL
Macedonia	PAL
Madagascar	SECAM(V)
Madeira	PAL
Malawi	PAL
Malaysia	PAL
Maldives	PAL
Mali	SECAM(V)
Malta	PAL
Mariana Islands	NTSC
Marshall Islands	NTSC
Martinique	SECAM(V)
Mauritania	SECAM(V)
Mauritius	SECAM(V)
Mexico	NTSC
Micronesia	NTSC
Midway Islands	NTSC
Monaco	SECAM(V) / PAL
Mongolia	SECAM(V)
Montenegro	PAL
Montserrat	NTSC
Morocco	SECAM(V)
Mozambique	PAL
Myanmar	NTSC
Namibia	PAL
Nepal	PAL
Netherlands	PAL
New Caledonia	SECAM(V)
New Zealand	PAL
Nicaragua	NTSC
Niger	SECAM(V)
Nigeria	PAL
Norfolk Island	PAL
Norway	PAL
Okinawa	NTSC
Oman	PAL
Pakistan	PAL
Palau	NTSC
Panama	NTSC
Papua New Guinea	PAL
Paraguay	PAL-N
Peru	NTSC
Philippines	NTSC
Poland	SECAM(H) / PAL
Polynesia	SECAM(V)
Portugal	PAL
Puerto Rico	NTSC
Qatar	PAL
Reunion	SECAM(V)
Romania	SECAM(H) / PAL
Russia	SECAM
Rwanda	SECAM
Samoa	NTSC
Sardinia	PAL
Saudi Arabia	SECAM(H) / PAL
Senegal	SECAM(V)
Serbia	PAL
Seychelles	PAL
Sierra Leone	PAL
Singapore	PAL
Slovakia Republic	PAL
Slovenia	PAL
Solomon Islands	PAL
Somalia	PAL
South Africa	PAL
South Korea	NTSC
Spain	PAL
Sri Lanka	PAL
St Kitts and Nevis	NTSC
St Lucia	NTSC
St Pierre	SECAM(V)
St Vincent	NTSC
Sudan	PAL
Surinam	NTSC
Swaziland	PAL
Sweden	PAL
Switzerland	PAL
Syria	SECAM(H) / PAL
Tahiti	SECAM(V)
Taiwan	NTSC
Tajikistan	SECAM
Tanzania	PAL
Thailand	PAL
Togo	SECAM(V)
Tonga	PAL
Trinidad and Tobago	NTSC
Tristan da Cunha	PAL
Tunisia	SECAM(V)
Turkey	PAL
Turkmenistan	SECAM
US Virgin Islands	NTSC
USA	NTSC
Uganda	PAL
Ukraine	SECAM
United Arab Emirates	PAL
United Kingdom	PAL
Uruguay	PAL-M
Uzbekistan	SECAM
Vanuatu	PAL
Vatican	PAL
Venezuela	NTSC
Vietnam	NTSC / SECAM(V)
Wallis Island	SECAM(V)
Yemen	PAL
Yugoslavia	PAL
Zaire	SECAM(V)
Zambia	PAL
Zanzibar	PAL
Zimbabwe	PAL