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Plug Types & Voltage by Country

Which plug adapter do you need, and will your devices work on the local voltage? 223 countries and territories, with every plug type pictured. Most of the world uses 220–240 V; 29 countries — mainly in the Americas and Japan — use 100–127 V.

223

Countries listed

132

Use Type C (Europlug)

Use 100–127 V

Use 60 Hz

Types C/E/F (Europe)
Types A/B (Americas, Japan)
Type G (UK)
Type I (Australia, China)
Types D/M (India, South Africa)

Plug types, voltage and frequency in every country

Country	Plug types	Voltage	Frequency
Afghanistan	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Albania	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Algeria	C F	230 V	50 Hz
American Samoa	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Andorra	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Angola	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Anguilla	A B	110 V / 120 V / 127 V / 240 V	60 Hz
Antigua and Barbuda	A B	230 V	60 Hz
Argentina	C I	220 V	50 Hz
Armenia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Aruba	A B F	127 V	60 Hz
Australia	I	230 V	50 Hz
Austria	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Azerbaijan	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Bahamas	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Bahrain	G	230 V	50 Hz
Bangladesh	A C D G	220 V	50 Hz
Barbados	A B	115 V	50 Hz
Belarus	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Belgium	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Belize	A B G	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz
Benin	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Bermuda	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Bhutan	C D F G M	230 V	50 Hz
Bolivia	A B C	230 V	50 Hz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Botswana	D G M	230 V	50 Hz
Brazil	C N	127 V / 220 V	60 Hz
British Virgin Islands	A B	110 V	60 Hz
Brunei	G	240 V	50 Hz
Bulgaria	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Burkina Faso	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Burundi	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Cambodia	A C G	230 V	50 Hz
Cameroon	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Canada	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Cape Verde	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Cayman Islands	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Central African Republic	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Chad	C D E F	220 V	50 Hz
Chile	C F L	220 V	50 Hz
China	A I	220 V	50 Hz
Colombia	A B	120 V / 208 V / 240 V	60 Hz
Comoros	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Cook Islands	I	240 V	50 Hz
Costa Rica	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Croatia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Cuba	A B C L	110 V	60 Hz
Curacao	A B F	127 V	50 Hz
Cyprus	G	240 V	50 Hz
Czechia	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Côte d'Ivoire	C E	230 V	50 Hz
DR Congo	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Denmark	C E F K	230 V	50 Hz
Djibouti	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Dominica	D G	230 V	50 Hz
Dominican Republic	A B C	120 V	60 Hz
Ecuador	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Egypt	C F	220 V	50 Hz
El Salvador	A B	115 V	60 Hz
Equatorial Guinea	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Eritrea	C L	230 V	50 Hz
Estonia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Eswatini	M	230 V	50 Hz
Ethiopia	C E F L	220 V	50 Hz
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	G	240 V	50 Hz
Faroe Islands	C E F K	230 V	50 Hz
Fiji	I	240 V	50 Hz
Finland	C F	230 V	50 Hz
France	C E	230 V	50 Hz
French Polynesia	A B C E F	110 V / 220 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz
Gabon	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Gambia	G	230 V	50 Hz
Georgia	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Germany	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Ghana	D G	230 V	50 Hz
Gibraltar	C G	240 V	50 Hz
Greece	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Greenland	C E F K	230 V	50 Hz
Grenada	G	230 V	50 Hz
Guam	A B	110 V	60 Hz
Guatemala	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Guernsey	G	230 V	50 Hz
Guinea	C F K	220 V	50 Hz
Guinea-Bissau	C E F	220 V	50 Hz
Guyana	A B D G	190 V / 240 V	60 Hz
Haiti	A B	110 V	60 Hz
Honduras	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Hong Kong	D G M	220 V	50 Hz
Hungary	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Iceland	C F	230 V	50 Hz
India	C D M	230 V	50 Hz
Indonesia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Iran	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Iraq	C D G	230 V	50 Hz
Ireland	G	230 V	50 Hz
Isle of Man	G	230 V	50 Hz
Israel	C H	230 V	50 Hz
Italy	C F L	230 V	50 Hz
Jamaica	A B	110 V	50 Hz
Japan	A B	100 V / 200 V / 210 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz
Jersey	G	230 V	50 Hz
Jordan	B C D F G J	230 V	50 Hz
Kazakhstan	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Kenya	G	240 V	50 Hz
Kiribati	I	230 V	50 Hz
Kosovo	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Kuwait	C G	240 V	50 Hz
Kyrgyzstan	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Laos	A B C E F	230 V	50 Hz
Latvia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Lebanon	A B C D G	220 V	50 Hz
Lesotho	M	220 V	50 Hz
Liberia	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Libya	C F L	230 V	50 Hz
Liechtenstein	C J	230 V	50 Hz
Lithuania	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Luxembourg	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Macau	D G M	230 V	50 Hz
Madagascar	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Malawi	G	230 V	50 Hz
Malaysia	C G M	230 V	50 Hz
Maldives	D G J K L	230 V	50 Hz
Mali	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Malta	G	230 V	50 Hz
Mauritania	C E F	220 V	50 Hz
Mauritius	C E G	230 V	50 Hz
Mexico	A B	120 V / 127 V	60 Hz
Micronesia	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Moldova	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Monaco	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Mongolia	C E F	220 V	50 Hz
Montenegro	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Montserrat	A B	230 V	60 Hz
Morocco	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Mozambique	C F M	220 V	50 Hz
Myanmar	A C D F G I	230 V	50 Hz
Namibia	D M	220 V	50 Hz
Nauru	I	240 V	50 Hz
Nepal	C D M	230 V	50 Hz
Netherlands	C F	230 V	50 Hz
New Caledonia	C F	220 V	50 Hz
New Zealand	I	230 V	50 Hz
Nicaragua	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Niger	A B C D E F	220 V	50 Hz
Nigeria	D G	230 V	50 Hz
Niue	I	230 V	50 Hz
North Korea	C F	220 V	50 Hz
North Macedonia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Norway	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Oman	G	240 V	50 Hz
Pakistan	C D G M	230 V	50 Hz
Palau	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Palestine	C H	230 V	50 Hz
Panama	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Papua New Guinea	I	240 V	50 Hz
Paraguay	A B C N	220 V	50 Hz
Peru	A B C	220 V	60 Hz
Philippines	A B C	230 V	60 Hz
Pitcairn Islands	I	230 V	50 Hz
Poland	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Portugal	C E F	230 V	50 Hz
Puerto Rico	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Qatar	D F G L	240 V	50 Hz
Republic of the Congo	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Romania	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Russia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Rwanda	C E G	230 V	50 Hz
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	G	230 V	50 Hz
Saint Kitts and Nevis	A B D G	230 V	60 Hz
Saint Lucia	A B G	240 V	50 Hz
Saint Martin	C E	220 V	60 Hz
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	C E F	230 V	50 Hz
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	A B G	230 V	50 Hz
Samoa	I	230 V	50 Hz
San Marino	C F L	230 V	50 Hz
Sao Tome and Principe	C F	220 V	50 Hz
Saudi Arabia	G	230 V	60 Hz
Senegal	C D E K	230 V	50 Hz
Serbia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Seychelles	G	240 V	50 Hz
Sierra Leone	D G	230 V	50 Hz
Singapore	C G M	230 V	50 Hz
Sint Maarten	A B	120 V / 127 V / 220 V	60 Hz
Slovakia	C E F	230 V	50 Hz
Slovenia	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Solomon Islands	I	230 V	50 Hz
Somalia	C G	220 V	50 Hz
South Africa	C M N	230 V	50 Hz
South Korea	C F	220 V	60 Hz
Spain	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Sri Lanka	D G M	230 V	50 Hz
Sudan	C D F G	230 V	50 Hz
Suriname	C F	127 V / 220 V	60 Hz
Sweden	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Switzerland	C J	230 V	50 Hz
Syria	C E L	220 V	50 Hz
Taiwan	A B	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz
Tajikistan	C F I	220 V	50 Hz
Tanzania	D G	230 V	50 Hz
Thailand	A B C O	230 V	50 Hz
Timor-Leste	C E F I	220 V	50 Hz
Togo	C E	220 V	50 Hz
Tonga	I	230 V	50 Hz
Trinidad and Tobago	A B	115 V / 230 V	60 Hz
Tunisia	C E	230 V	50 Hz
Turkmenistan	B C F	220 V	50 Hz
Tuvalu	I	230 V	50 Hz
Türkiye	C F	230 V	50 Hz
Uganda	G	240 V	50 Hz
Ukraine	C F	230 V	50 Hz
United Arab Emirates	G	230 V	50 Hz
United Kingdom	D G M	230 V	50 Hz
United States	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Uruguay	C F I L	230 V	50 Hz
Uzbekistan	C E F	220 V	50 Hz
Vanuatu	I	230 V	50 Hz
Venezuela	A B	120 V	60 Hz
Vietnam	A B C F	220 V	50 Hz
Virgin Islands	A B	110 V / 190 V	60 Hz
Yemen	A D G	240 V	50 Hz
Zambia	C D G	230 V	50 Hz
Zimbabwe	D G	220 V	50 Hz

Data: Wikipedia — Mains electricity by country (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The 15 plug types (A to O)

Type A57 countries Type B54 countries Type C (Europlug)132 countries Type D31 countries Type E43 countries Type F (Schuko)80 countries Type G55 countries Type H2 countries Type I20 countries Type J4 countries Type K6 countries Type L11 countries Type M16 countries Type N3 countries Type O1 country

Adapter or converter?

A plug adapter only changes the shape of the plug. A voltage converter changes 110 V to 230 V or back. Most phone, tablet and laptop chargers say “INPUT 100–240 V” — they only need an adapter. Hair dryers, straighteners and kettles built for one voltage need a converter or a dual-voltage model.

Most common plug types

Type C (Europlug) (132 countries), Type F (Schuko) (80 countries), Type A (57 countries), Type G (55 countries) and Type B (54 countries) are the most widespread sockets. Type C fits many sockets of types E, F, J, K and L, which is why a Europlug charger works across most of Europe.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most common plug type in the world?

Type C, the two-pin Europlug, used in 132 countries — it also fits most type E, F, J, K and L sockets.

Which countries use 110 V?

29 countries use 100–127 V, including American Samoa, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada and Cayman Islands.

Do I need a voltage converter?

Only for devices that are not dual voltage. Look at the label: “100–240 V” means the device works everywhere with just a plug adapter.