International Voltages
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.
If you take a scroll down the page, you will notice that most countries have a well-defined plug and voltage standard. Many Latin-American, African and Asian countries, however, use a motley collection of – often incompatible – plugs and sometimes also the voltage differs from region to region. Obviously, this makes it very hard for travellers to assess what kind of plug adapter or transformer they will need for their trip. Whenever the electricity situation in a country requires additional information, the country name in question is highlighted in red. That link will take you to an in-depth description.
If you take a scroll down the page, you will notice that most countries have a well-defined plug and voltage standard. Many Latin-American, African and Asian countries, however, use a motley collection of – often incompatible – plugs and sometimes also the voltage differs from region to region. Obviously, this makes it very hard for travellers to assess what kind of plug adapter or transformer they will need for their trip. Whenever the electricity situation in a country requires additional information, the country name in question is highlighted in red. That link will take you to an in-depth description.
| Country / state / territory | Single-phase voltage (volts) | Frequency (hertz) | Plug type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi (not a country, but capital of the United Arab Emirates) | 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 | C / 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 (in Portuguese: Cabo 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 the (Congo-Kinshasa) | 220 V | 50 Hz | C / D / E |
| Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville) | 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 |
| Czechia (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 (not a country, but the largest city in the United Arab Emirates) | 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 / G |
| 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 / 220 V | 60 Hz | A / B / C / F |
| 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, North | 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 |
| North Macedonia | 230 V | 50 Hz | C / F |
| 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 / E / F / G |
| 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 | 220 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 | G |
| South Africa | 230 V | 50 Hz | C / M / N (still rare) |
| 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 / 220 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 / B / C |
| Virgin Islands (British) | 110 V | 60 Hz | A / B |
| Virgin Islands (USA) | 110 V | 60 Hz | A / B |
| Wales | 230 V | 50 Hz | G |
| Western Sahara | 220 V | 50 Hz | C / E |
| 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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