Guide to Worldwide Electrical Voltages, Frequencies and Plug Types

The table and images below contains information on the electrical systems and plug types used in most countries.

Plug Types

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Country	Plug	Volts	Freq (Hz)	Country	Plug	Volts	Freq (Hz)
Afghanistan	E	220	50	Lesotho	B, E	240	50
Albania	B	220	50	Libya	B, E	230	50
Algeria *	B, E	127 / 220	50	Liechtenstein	B	220	50
American Samoa *	C, B, C	120 / 220	50	Lithuania	B	220	50
Angola	B	220	50	Luxembourg	B	230	50
Anguilla	D	240	50	Macao	B, E	220	50
Antigua/Barbuda	A, D	230	60	Macedonia	B	220	50
Argentina	B, C	220	50	Madagascar	B	220	50
Armenia	B	220	50	Malawi	D	230	50
Australia	C	240	50	Malaysia	D	240	50
Austria	B	230	50	Mali	B	220	50
Azerbaijan	B	220	50	Malta	D	240	50
Azores	B, E	220	50	Martinique	B	220	50
Bahrain	D, E	220	50	Mauritania	B	220	50
Bali	B	220	50	Mauritius	B, D, E	230	50
Bangladesh	B, E	220	50	Moldova	B	220	50
Belarus	B	220	50	Monaco	B	220	50
Belgium	B	230	50	Mongolia	B	220	50
Benin	E	220	50	Morocco	B, E	220	50
Bhutan	B, D	220	50	Mozambique	B	220	50
Bolivia *	A, B	110 / 220	50	Myanmar (Burma)	D, E	230	50
Bosnia-Herzegovina	B	220	50	Namibia	E	220	50
Botswana	D, E	220	50	Nepal	B, E	220	50
Brazil *	A, B	110 / 220	60	Netherlands	B	230	50
Bulgaria	B	220	50	New Zealand	C	230	50
Burkina	B	220	50	Niger	B	220	50
Burma (Myanmar)	D, E	230	50	Nigeria	D, E	230	50
Burundi	B	220	50	Norway	B	230	50
Cambodia *	A, B	120 / 220	50	Papua New Guinea	C	240	50
Cameroon	B	220	50	Paraguay	B	220	50
Canary Islands	B	220	50	Peru *	A, B	110 / 220	50 / 60
Cape Verde Islands	B	220	50	Philippines *	A, B	110 / 220	60
Central African Rep.	B	220	50	Poland	B	220	50
Chad	B, E	220	50	Portugal	B, E	230	50
Chile	B	220	50	Qatar	D, E	240	50
China	B, C	220	50	Romania	B	220	50
Comoros	B	220	50	Russian Federation	B	220	50
Congo	B	220	50	Rwanda	B	220	50
Croatia	B	220	50	Saudi Arabia *	A, B, D	127 / 220	50 / 60
Curacao *	A, B	110 / 220	60	Scotland	D, E	220	50
Cyprus	B, D	240	50	Senegal	B	220	50
Czech Republic	B	220	50	Seychelles	D, E	240	50
Denmark	B	230	50	Sierra Leone	D, E	230	50
Djibouti	B	220	60	Singapore	B, D, E	230	50
Dominica	B, D	230	50	Slovakia	B	220	50
Egypt	B	220	50	Slovenia	B	220	50
England	D, E	240	50	Solomon Islands	C, D	220	50
Eritrea	B, E	220	50	Somalia	B	220	50
Estonia	B	220	50	South Africa	E	230	50
Ethiopia	B, E	220	50	Spain	B	230	50
Fiji	C	240	50	Sri Lanka	E	230	50
Finland	B	230	50	St. Kitts-Nevis	D, E	230	60
France	B	230	50	St. Lucia	D	240	50
Gabon	B	220	50	St. Vincent	D	230	50
Gambia	D	220	50	Sudan	B, D	240	50
Georgia	B	220	50	Surinam *	A, B	110 / 220	50 / 60
Germany	B	230	50	Swaziland	E	230	50
Ghana	B, D, E	220	50	Sweden	B	230	50
Greece	B	230	50	Switzerland	B	230	50
Greenland	B	220	50	Syria	B	220	50
Grenada	B, D, E	230	50	Tahiti *	A, B	127 / 220	50 / 60
Grenadines	B, D, E	230	50	Tajikistan	B	220	50
Guadeloupe	B	220	50	Tanzania	D, E	230	50
Guinea	B	220	50	Thailand	A, B	220	50
Hong Kong	D, E	220	50	Tonga *	A,C	110 / 220	50 / 60
Hungary	B	220	50	Trinidad & Tobago *	A, D	115 / 230	60
Iceland	B	220	50	Tunisia	B	220	50
India	B, E	220	50	Turkey	B	220	50
Indonesia	B	220	60	Turkmenistan	B	220	50
Iran	B	220	50	Uganda	D, E	240	50
Iraq	B, D, E	220	50	Ukraine	B	220	50
Ireland	D, E	220	50	United Arab Emirates	D, E	220	50
Israel	B	230	50	Uruguay	B	220	50
Italy	B	230	50	Uzbekistan	B	220	50
Ivory Coast	B	220	50	Vietnam *	A, B	120 / 220	50
Kazakhstan	B	220	50	Jordan	B, D	220	50
Kenya	B, D, E	240	50	Wales	D, E	220	50
Kirghizia	B	220	50	Western Samoa	C	230	50
Korea *	A, B	110 / 220	50 / 60	Yemen	B, D, E	220	50
Kuwait	B, D, E	240	50	Yugoslavia (Former)	B	220	50
Laos	A, B	220	50	Zaire	B, E	220	50
Latvia	B	220	50	Zambia	B, D	220	50
Lebanon	B	220	50	Zimbabwe	D, E	220	50

* Some countries have different voltage systems depending on the region. For these countries, check with local authorities for the area you are in to make sure voltage system is not specified below 220 volts.