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.
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 |