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    June 2026 8 min read

    Below is a complete overview of all countries of the world and their respective plugs/outlets and voltages/frequencies used for domestic appliances

    Below is a complete overview of all countries of the world and their respective plugs/outlets and voltages/frequencies used for domestic appliances.
    The table shows that in most countries the mains supply is between 220 and 240 volts (50 or 60 Hz); countries that operate on 100-127 volts are greatly outnumbered.
    The list also reveals that types A and C are the most frequently used electric plugs worldwide.

    Country / state / territory Single-phase voltage (volts) Frequency (hertz) Plug type
    Abu Dhabi 230 V 50 Hz G
    Afghanistan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Albania 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Algeria 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    American Samoa 120 V 60 Hz A / B / F / I
    Andorra 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Angola 220 V 50 Hz C
    Anguilla 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Antigua and Barbuda 230 V 60 Hz A / B
    Argentina 220 V 50 Hz I
    Armenia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Aruba 120 V 60 Hz A / B / F
    Australia 230 V 50 Hz I
    Austria 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Azerbaijan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Azores 230 V 50 Hz B / C / F
    Bahamas 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Bahrain 230 V 50 Hz G
    Balearic Islands 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Bangladesh 220 V 50 Hz A / C / D / G / K
    Barbados 115 V 50 Hz A / B
    Belarus 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Belgium 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Belize 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz A / B / G
    Benin 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Bermuda 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Bhutan 230 V 50 Hz C / D / G
    Bolivia 230 V 50 Hz A / C
    Bonaire 127 V 50 Hz A / C
    Bosnia & Herzegovina 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Botswana 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Brazil 127 V / 220 V 60 Hz C / N
    British Virgin Islands 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Brunei 240 V 50 Hz G
    Bulgaria 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Burkina Faso 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Burma (officially Myanmar) 230 V 50 Hz A / C / D / G / I
    Burundi 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Cambodia 230 V 50 Hz A / C / G
    Cameroon 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Canada 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Canary Islands 230 V 50 Hz C / E / F
    Cape Verde 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Cayman Islands 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Central African Republic 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Chad 220 V 50 Hz C / D / E / F
    Channel Islands (Guernsey & Jersey) 230 V 50 Hz C / G
    Chile 220 V 50 Hz C / L
    China, People’s Republic of 220 V 50 Hz A / C / I
    Christmas Island 230 V 50 Hz I
    Cocos (Keeling) Islands 230 V 50 Hz I
    Colombia 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Comoros 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Congo, Democratic Republic of 220 V 50 Hz C / D / E
    Congo, People’s Republic of 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Cook Islands 240 V 50 Hz I
    Costa Rica 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Croatia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Cuba 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz A / B / C / L
    Curaçao 127 V 50 Hz A / B
    Cyprus 230 V 50 Hz G
    Cyprus, North (unrecognised, self-declared state) 230 V 50 Hz G
    Czech Republic 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Denmark 230 V 50 Hz C / E / F / K
    Djibouti 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Dominica 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Dominican Republic 120 V 60 Hz A / B / C
    Dubai 230 V 50 Hz G
    East Timor (Timor-Leste) 220 V 50 Hz C / E / F / I
    Ecuador 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Egypt 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    El Salvador 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    England 230 V 50 Hz G
    Equatorial Guinea 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Eritrea 230 V 50 Hz C / L
    Estonia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Ethiopia 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Faeroe Islands 230 V 50 Hz C / E / F / K
    Falkland Islands 240 V 50 Hz G
    Fiji 240 V 50 Hz I
    Finland 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    France 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    French Guiana 220 V 50 Hz C / D / E
    Gabon (Gabonese Republic) 220 V 50 Hz C
    Gambia 230 V 50 Hz G
    Gaza Strip (Gaza) 230 V 50 Hz C / H
    Georgia 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Germany 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Ghana 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Gibraltar 230 V 50 Hz G
    Great Britain (GB) 230 V 50 Hz G
    Greece 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Greenland 230 V 50 Hz C / E / F / K
    Grenada 230 V 50 Hz G
    Guadeloupe 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Guam 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Guatemala 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Guinea 220 V 50 Hz C / F / K
    Guinea-Bissau 220 V 50 Hz C
    Guyana 120 V / 240 V 60 Hz A / B / D / G
    Haiti 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Holland (officially the Netherlands) 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Honduras 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Hong Kong 220 V 50 Hz G
    Hungary 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Iceland 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    India 230 V 50 Hz C / D / M
    Indonesia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Iran 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Iraq 230 V 50 Hz C / D / G
    Ireland (Eire) 230 V 50 Hz G
    Ireland, Northern 230 V 50 Hz G
    Isle of Man 230 V 50 Hz C / G
    Israel 230 V 50 Hz C / H
    Italy 230 V 50 Hz C / F / L
    Jamaica 110 V 50 Hz A / B
    Japan 100 V 50 Hz / 60 Hz A / B
    Jordan 230 V 50 Hz C / D / F / G / J
    Kazakhstan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Kenya 240 V 50 Hz G
    Kiribati 240 V 50 Hz I
    Korea, North 220 V 50 Hz C
    Korea, South 220 V 60 Hz F
    Kosovo 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Kuwait 240 V 50 Hz G
    Kyrgyzstan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Laos 230 V 50 Hz A / B / C / E / F
    Latvia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Lebanon 230 V 50 Hz C / D / G
    Lesotho 220 V 50 Hz M
    Liberia 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Libya 230 V 50 Hz C / L
    Liechtenstein 230 V 50 Hz C / J
    Lithuania 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Luxembourg 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Macau 220 V 50 Hz G
    Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM) 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Madagascar 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Madeira 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Malawi 230 V 50 Hz G
    Malaysia 240 V 50 Hz G
    Maldives 230 V 50 Hz C / D / G / J / K / L
    Mali 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Malta 230 V 50 Hz G
    Marshall Islands 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Martinique 220 V 50 Hz C / D / E
    Mauritania 220 V 50 Hz C
    Mauritius 230 V 50 Hz C / G
    Mayotte 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Mexico 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Micronesia, Federated States of 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Moldova 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Monaco 230 V 50 Hz C / E / F
    Mongolia 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Montenegro 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Montserrat 230 V 60 Hz A / B
    Morocco 220 V 50 Hz C / E
    Mozambique 220 V 50 Hz C / F / M
    Myanmar (formerly Burma) 230 V 50 Hz A / C / D / G / I
    Namibia 220 V 50 Hz D / M
    Nauru 240 V 50 Hz I
    Nepal 230 V 50 Hz C / D / M
    Netherlands 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    New Caledonia 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    New Zealand 230 V 50 Hz I
    Nicaragua 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Niger 220 V 50 Hz C / D / E / F
    Nigeria 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Niue 230 V 50 Hz I
    Norfolk Island 230 V 50 Hz I
    North Cyprus (unrecognised, self-declared state) 230 V 50 Hz G
    Northern Ireland 230 V 50 Hz G
    North Korea 220 V 50 Hz C
    Norway 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Oman 240 V 50 Hz G
    Pakistan 230 V 50 Hz C / D
    Palau 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Palestine 230 V 50 Hz C / H
    Panama 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Papua New Guinea 240 V 50 Hz I
    Paraguay 220 V 50 Hz C
    Peru 220 V 60 Hz A / C
    Philippines 220 V 60 Hz A / B / C
    Pitcairn Islands 230 V 50 Hz I
    Poland 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Portugal 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Puerto Rico 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Qatar 240 V 50 Hz G
    Réunion 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Romania 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Russia (officially the Russian Federation) 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Rwanda 230 V 50 Hz C / J
    Saba 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Saint Barthélemy (informally also referred to as Saint Barth’s or Saint Barts) 230 V 60 Hz C / E
    Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis) 230 V 60 Hz D / G
    Saint Lucia 230 V 50 Hz G
    Saint Martin 220 V 60 Hz C / E
    Saint Helena 230 V 50 Hz G
    Sint Eustatius 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz A / B / C / F
    Sint Maarten 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110 V / 230 V 50 Hz A / B / G
    Samoa 230 V 50 Hz I
    San Marino 230 V 50 Hz C / F / L
    São Tomé and Príncipe 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Saudi Arabia 230 V 60 Hz G
    Scotland 230 V 50 Hz G
    Senegal 230 V 50 Hz C / D / E / K
    Serbia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Seychelles 240 V 50 Hz G
    Sierra Leone 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Singapore 230 V 50 Hz G
    Slovakia 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Slovenia 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Solomon Islands 230 V 50 Hz G / I
    Somalia 220 V 50 Hz C
    Somaliland 220 V 50 Hz C
    South Africa 230 V 50 Hz C / D / M / N
    South Korea 220 V 60 Hz F
    South Sudan 230 V 50 Hz C / D
    Spain 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Sri Lanka 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Sudan 230 V 50 Hz C / D
    Suriname 127 V / 230 V 60 Hz A / B / C / F
    Swaziland 230 V 50 Hz M
    Sweden 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Switzerland 230 V 50 Hz C / J
    Syria 220 V 50 Hz C / E / L
    Tahiti 220 V 50 Hz / 60 Hz C / E
    Taiwan 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Tajikistan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Tanzania 230 V 50 Hz D / G
    Thailand 230 V 50 Hz A / B / C / O
    Togo 220 V 50 Hz C
    Tokelau 230 V 50 Hz I
    Tonga 240 V 50 Hz I
    Trinidad & Tobago 115 V 60 Hz A / B
    Tunisia 230 V 50 Hz C / E
    Turkey 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    Turkmenistan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Turks and Caicos Islands 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Tuvalu 230 V 50 Hz I
    Uganda 240 V 50 Hz G
    Ukraine 230 V 50 Hz C / F
    United Arab Emirates (UAE) 230 V 50 Hz G
    United Kingdom (UK) 230 V 50 Hz G
    United States of America (USA) 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    United States Virgin Islands 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Uruguay 220 V 50 Hz C / F / L
    Uzbekistan 220 V 50 Hz C / F
    Vanuatu 230 V 50 Hz I
    Vatican City 230 V 50 Hz C / F / L
    Venezuela 120 V 60 Hz A / B
    Vietnam 220 V 50 Hz A / C / D
    Virgin Islands (British) 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Virgin Islands (USA) 110 V 60 Hz A / B
    Wales 230 V 50 Hz G
    Yemen 230 V 50 Hz A / D / G
    Zambia 230 V 50 Hz C / D / G
    Zimbabwe 240 V 50 Hz D / G

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