Choosing your markets
The Windows Store reaches customers in over 200 countries and regions around the world. You can choose the markets in which you'd like to offer your app.
Be sure to consider our guidelines to help you globalize your app.
- Windows Store consumer markets
- Markets that support only free apps
- Markets that don't accept 18+ apps
Windows Store consumer markets
Apps listed in the Windows Store are directed at customers in markets around the world.
Local laws and restrictions could prevent some apps from being listed in some markets. Also, some markets may require age rating certificates from a specific rating board. See Age ratings and rating boards for more info.
Note It is your responsibility to meet any local legal requirements, even if those requirements aren't listed here or in the Windows Store Dashboard.
The Windows Store identifies markets by countries and regions, and will present market-specific catalogs to the countries and regions listed in this table. For countries or regions listed in bold, the Windows Store accepts payment in the market's local currency.
| Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | American Samoa | Andorra | Angola | Anguilla | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Argentina | Armenia | Aruba | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahamas, The | Bahrain |
| Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belgium | Belize | Benin | Bermuda | Bhutan |
| Bolivia | Bonaire | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | British Virgin Islands | Brunei | Bulgaria |
| Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Cayman Islands | Central African Republic |
| Chad | Chile | China | Christmas Island | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Colombia | Comoros | Congo |
| Congo (DRC) | Cook Islands | Costa Rica | Côte d’Ivoire | Croatia | Curaçao | Cyprus | Czech Republic |
| Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Faroe Islands | Fiji | Finland | France |
| French Guiana | French Polynesia | Gabon | Gambia, The | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Greenland | Grenada | Guadeloupe | Guam | Guatemala | Guernsey | Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Haiti | Holy See (Vatican City) | Honduras | Hong Kong SAR | Hungary | Iceland |
| India | Indonesia | Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan |
| Jersey | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Korea | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan |
| Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania |
| Luxembourg | Macao SAR | Macedonia, FYRO | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali |
| Malta | Marshall Islands | Martinique | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mayotte | Mexico | Micronesia |
| Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Montserrat | Morocco | Mozambique | Myanmar |
| Namibia | Nauru | Nepal | Netherlands | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger |
| Nigeria | Niue | Norfolk Island | Northern Mariana Islands | Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Palau |
| Palestinian Authority | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Pitcairn Islands | Poland |
| Portugal | Qatar | Reunion | Romania | Russia | Rwanda | Saba | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | São Tomé and Príncipe | Saudi Arabia |
| Senegal | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Sint Eustatius | Sint Maarten | Slovakia |
| Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Suriname | Swaziland |
| Sweden | Switzerland | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Togo |
| Tokelau | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Turks and Caicos Islands | Tuvalu |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States | Uruguay | Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu | Venezuela | Vietnam | Wallis and Futuna | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Markets that support only free apps
As you define the purchase experience for your apps, keep in mind that some markets allow only free apps:
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Isle of Man
Markets that don't accept 18+ apps
When you submit an app, you have to select an appropriate age rating for it. If you're submitting a game, you have the option of selecting an age rating of 18+. If you do, there are some markets that are unavailable to you:
- Australia
- Germany
- Japan
- Korea
- New Zealand
- Taiwan
- Rest of World
Note For a list of the countries and regions in which you can register for a developer account, see Account types, locations, and fees.
Build date: 6/20/2013
