Global Power Supply Quick Reference: Core Guidelines for Voltage, Frequency, and Plug Types

Country/Region

Voltage

Frequency

Plug Type

Notes

North America

Canada

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat (Type A is polarized)

United States

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat (Type A is polarized)

Central America

Anguilla

110 V

60 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Antigua

230 V / 110 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat * 110 V

Bahamas

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Barbados

115 V

50 Hz

A, B

Two-pin flat

Belize

110 V / 220 V

60 Hz

B & G

Two-pin flat, Three-pin square

Bermuda

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Costa Rica

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Cuba

110 V / 220 V

60 Hz

A & B, C

Two-pin flat

Dominica

230 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Dominican Republic

110 V

60 Hz

A

Two-pin flat

Grenada

230 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Guadeloupe

230 V

50 Hz

C, D & E

Two-pin round

Guatemala

120 V

60 Hz

A, B, G, & I

Two-pin flat

Haiti

110 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat, Two-pin round

Honduras

110 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Jamaica

110 V

50 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Martinique

220 V

50 Hz

C, D & E

Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Mexico

127 V

60 Hz

A [C]

Two-pin flat

Netherlands

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Nicaragua

230 V

50 Hz

I

Panama

110 V / 120 V

60 Hz

A, B

Two-pin flat (120 V in Panama City)

Puerto Rico

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Virgin Islands

110 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

South America

Argentina

220 V

50 Hz

C & I

Two-pin round, Three-pin "figure-8"

Bolivia

220 V / 230 V

50 Hz

A & C

Two-pin flat

Brazil

110 V / 220 V

60 Hz

A & B & C

Two-pin flat

Chile

220 V

50 Hz

C & L

Two-pin round

Colombia

110 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Ecuador

120 - 127 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

French Guiana

220 V

50 Hz

C, & D & E

Two-pin round

Guyana

240 V

60 Hz

A, B, D, & G

Two-pin flat

Paraguay

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Peru

220 V

60 Hz

A & B & C

Two-pin flat

Suriname

127 V

60 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Uruguay

220 V

50 Hz

C, F, I & L

Type F for popular use and computers; Type C (non-polarized) for other devices (compatible with Australia)

Venezuela

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Two-pin flat

Africa

Gambia

230 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Ghana

230 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Guinea

220 V

50 Hz

C, F & K

Two-pin round

Kenya

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Lesotho

220 V

50 Hz

M

Liberia

120 V

60 Hz

A & B

Libya

127 V

50 Hz

D

Three-pin round

Malay Archipelago

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Malawi

230 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Mali

220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Mauritania

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Mauritius

230 V

50 Hz

C & G

Two-pin round

Morocco

127 V / 220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round * 220 V

Mozambique

220 V

50 Hz

C, F & M

Two-pin round

Namibia

220 V

50 Hz

D

Three-pin round

Niger

220 V

50 Hz

A, B, C, D, E, F

Two-pin flat, Two-pin round

Nigeria

240 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Rwanda

230 V

50 Hz

C & J

Two-pin round

Senegal

230 V

50 Hz

C, D, E & K

Two-pin round

Seychelles

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Sierra Leone

230 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Somalia

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

South Africa

220 V / 230 V

50 Hz

M

Sample uses Type C

Sudan

230 V

50 Hz

C & D

Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Swaziland

230 V

50 Hz

M

Tanzania

230 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Togo

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Uganda

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Zambia

230 V

50 Hz

C, D & G

Two-pin round, Three-pin square

Zimbabwe

220 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round, Three-pin square

Algeria

230 V

50 Hz

C* & F

Two-pin round

Angola

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Benin

220 V

50 Hz

E

Botswana

231 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round, Three-pin square

Burundi

220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Cameroon

220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Central African Republic

220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Chad

220 V

50 Hz

D, E, F

Three-pin round

Congo

230 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Djibouti

220 V

50 Hz

C & E

Two-pin round

Egypt

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Ethiopia

220 V

50 Hz

D, J, L

Three-pin round

Gabon

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Australia & Oceania

Australia

230 V

50 Hz

I

Three-pin "figure-8"

Fiji Islands

240 V

50 Hz

I

Three-pin "figure-8"

Guam

110 V

60 Hz

A, B

Two-pin flat

New Caledonia

220 V

50 Hz

F

New Zealand

230 V

50 Hz

I

Three-pin "figure-8"

Papua New Guinea

240 V

50 Hz

I

Three-pin "figure-8"

Tahiti

110 V / 220 V

60 Hz

A, B, E

Two-pin flat

Tonga

240 V

50 Hz

I

Three-pin "figure-8"

Europe

Austria

230 V

50 Hz

C, F

Two-pin round

Azores

220 V

50 Hz

B, C, F

* 110 V

Belgium

230 V

50 Hz

E

Bulgaria

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Channel Islands

240 V

50 Hz

C, G

Two-pin round, Three-pin square (230 V)

Czechoslovakia

230 V

50 Hz

E

Denmark

230 V

50 Hz

C & K

Two-pin round

Finland

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

France

230 V

50 Hz

C & E

Old standard: Type C; New standard: Type E

Germany

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Greece

220 V

50 Hz

C, D, E, F

Two-pin round

Greenland

220 V

50 Hz

C & K

Two-pin round

Hungary

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Iceland

220 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Isle of Man

230 V

50 Hz

H & C

Two-pin round

Italy

230 V

50 Hz

F & L

Luxembourg

220 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Malta

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Monaco

127 V / 220 V

50 Hz

C, D, E, F

Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Netherlands

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Norway

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Poland

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Portugal

220 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Romania

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Spain

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Sweden

230 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Switzerland

230 V

50 Hz

J

England

230 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Yugoslavia

220 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Slovenia

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Middle East

Afghanistan

220 V

50 Hz

C & F

Two-pin round

Bahrain

230 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square (* 110 V, 60 Hz)

Cyprus

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Iran

230 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Iraq

230 V

50 Hz

C, D & G

Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Jordan

230 V

50 Hz

D, F, G, J

Three-pin round

Kuwait

240 V

50 Hz

C & G

Two-pin round

Lebanon

230 V

50 Hz

A, B, C, D, G

Two-pin flat

Oman

240 V

50 Hz

C & G

Two-pin round

Pakistan

230 V

50 Hz

C, D

Two-pin round

Qatar

240 V

50 Hz

D & G

Three-pin round

Saudi Arabia

127 V / 220 V

60 Hz

A, B, F, G

Two-pin flat

Syria

220 V

50 Hz

C, E, L

Two-pin round

Turkey

230 V

50 Hz

C, F

Two-pin round

United Arab Emirates

220 V

50 Hz

C, D, G

Two-pin round

Yemen

220 V / 230 V

50 Hz

A, D, G

Two-pin flat

Asia

Bengal

220 V

50 Hz

A, C, D, G, K

Two-pin flat, Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Brunei

240 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Cambodia

230 V

50 Hz

A, C

Two-pin flat, Two-pin round

China

220 V

50 Hz

A, I, G

Two-pin flat

China Hong Kong

220 V

50 Hz

D, G

Three-pin round

India

240 V

50 Hz

C, D, G

Two-pin round, Three-pin round

Indonesia

127 V / 230 V

50 Hz

C, F, G

50 Hz in the east; 60 Hz in the west

Japan

100 V

50 / 60 Hz

A, B

Two-pin flat

North Korea

220 V

50 Hz

C, F

Two-pin round

South Korea

220 V

60 Hz

A, B, C, E, F

Two-pin flat

Laos

230 V

50 Hz

D, G

Three-pin round

China Macao

220 V

50 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Malaysia

240 V

50 Hz

C, D

Two-pin round, Three-pin round (230 V in Penang)

Nepal

230 V

50 Hz

A, B, C

Two-pin flat, Two-pin round

Philippines

220 V

60 Hz

G

Three-pin square

Singapore

230 V

50 Hz

D

Three-pin round

Sri Lanka

230 V

50 Hz

A, B

Two-pin flat

China Taiwan

110 V

60 Hz

A, C

Two-pin flat

Thailand

220 V

50 Hz

C

Two-pin round

Russia

220 V

50 Hz

A, C, G

Two-pin flat

Vietnam

220 V

50 Hz

A, C, D, G, K

Two-pin round, Three-pin round, Two-pin flat (* 127 V)