Plug, socket & voltage by country

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