Electricity
Mains Electricity by Country 2025
Country | Plug Type↓ | Single Phase Voltage | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lesotho | M | 220 | 50 |
 | Eswatini | M | 230 | 50 |
 | Australia | I | 230 | 50 |
 | Papua New Guinea | I | 240 | 60 |
 | New Zealand | I | 230 | 50 |
 | Fiji | I | 240 | 50 |
 | Vanuatu | I | 230 | 50 |
 | Samoa | I | 230 | 50 |
 | Kiribati | I | 240 | 50 |
 | Tonga | I | 240 | 50 |
 | Cook Islands | I | 240 | 50 |
 | Nauru | I | 240 | 50 |
 | Solomon Islands | G / I | 230 | 50 |
 | United Kingdom | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Kenya | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Uganda | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Malaysia | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Saudi Arabia | G | 220 | 60 |
 | Malawi | G | 230 | 50 |
 | United Arab Emirates | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Hong Kong | G | 120 | 60 |
 | Singapore | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Oman | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Ireland | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Kuwait | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Qatar | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Gambia | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Bahrain | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Cyprus | G | 230 | 60 |
 | Macau | G | 220 | 50 |
 | Malta | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Brunei | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Seychelles | G | 240 | 50 |
 | Gibraltar | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Falkland Islands | G | 230 | 50 |
 | Namibia | D / M | 220 | 50 |
 | Nigeria | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Tanzania | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Ghana | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Sri Lanka | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Zimbabwe | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Sierra Leone | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Botswana | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Dominica | D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | D / G | 230 | 60 |
 | Brazil | C / N | 127/220 | 60 |
 | South Africa | C / M / N | 230 | 50 |
 | Chile | C / L | 220 | 50 |
 | Libya | C / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Eritrea | C / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Switzerland | C / J | 230 | 50 |
 | Argentina | C / I | 220 | 50 |
 | Israel | C / H | 230 | 50 |
 | Palestine | C / H | 230 | 50 |
 | Somalia | C / G / Universal | 220 | 50 |
 | Mauritius | C / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Mongolia | C / F / Universal | 230 | 50 |
 | Mozambique | C / F / M | 220 | 50 |
 | Italy | C / F / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Uruguay | C / F / L | 230 | 50 |
 | San Marino | C / F / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Vatican City | C / F / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Ethiopia | C / F / G | 220 | 50 |
 | Indonesia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Russia | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Egypt | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Iran | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Turkey | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Germany | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | South Korea | C / F | 220 | 60 |
 | Spain | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Algeria | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Afghanistan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Angola | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Ukraine | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Poland | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Uzbekistan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | North Korea | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Kazakhstan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Romania | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Netherlands | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Guinea | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Tajikistan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Sweden | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Portugal | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Azerbaijan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Greece | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Hungary | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Austria | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Belarus | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Turkmenistan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Bulgaria | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Serbia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Finland | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Norway | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Croatia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Georgia | C / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Moldova | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Armenia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Lithuania | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Albania | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Slovenia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Latvia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | North Macedonia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Estonia | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Luxembourg | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Montenegro | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Cape Verde | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Iceland | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Andorra | C / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Syria | C / E / L | 220 | 50 |
 | Denmark | C / E / F / K | 230 | 50 |
 | Greenland | C / E / F / K | 230 | 50 |
 | Rwanda | C / E / F / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Chad | C / E / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Mauritania | C / E / F | 220 | 50 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | C / E / F | 220 | 50 |
 | DR Congo | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | France | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Morocco | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Madagascar | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Cameroon | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Mali | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Burkina Faso | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Burundi | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Tunisia | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Belgium | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Czechia | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Togo | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Republic of the Congo | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Central African Republic | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Slovakia | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Gabon | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Djibouti | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Comoros | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | French Guiana | C / E | 230 | 50 |
 | New Caledonia | C / E | 220 | 50 |
 | French Polynesia | C / E | 220 | 60 |
 | India | C / D / M | 230 | 50 |
 | Nepal | C / D / M | 230 | 50 |
 | Maldives | C / D / G / L | 230 | 50 |
 | Iraq | C / D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Zambia | C / D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Lebanon | C / D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Bhutan | C / D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Jordan | C / D / F / G / J | 230 | 50 |
 | Niger | C / D / E | 220 | 50 |
 | Senegal | C / D / E | 230 | 50 |
 | Pakistan | C / D | 230 | 50 |
 | Sudan | C / D | 230 | 50 |
 | South Sudan | C / D | 230 | 50 |
 | Yemen | A / D / G | 230 | 50 |
 | China | A / C / I | 220 | 50 |
 | Cambodia | A / C / G | 230 | 50 |
 | Myanmar | A / C / D / G / I | 230 | 50 |
 | Bangladesh | A / C / D / G | 220 | 50 |
 | Bolivia | A / C | 230 | 50 |
 | Paraguay | A / C | 220 | 50 |
 | Benin | A / B / G | 220 | 50 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A / B / G | 110/230 | 50 |
 | American Samoa | A / B / F / I | 120 | 60 |
 | Aruba | A / B / F | 120 | 60 |
 | Guyana | A / B / D / G | 120/240 | 60 |
 | Thailand | A / B / C / O | 230 | 50 |
 | Cuba | A / B / C / L | 110/220 | 60 |
 | Liberia | A / B / C / F | 120/220 | 60 |
 | Suriname | A / B / C / F | 127/220 | 60 |
 | Laos | A / B / C / E / F | 230 | 50 |
 | Philippines | A / B / C | 220 | 60 |
 | Vietnam | A / B / C | 220 | 50 |
 | Peru | A / B / C | 220 | 60 |
 | Dominican Republic | A / B / C | 120 | 60 |
 | Timor-Leste | A / B / C | 220 | 50 |
 | United States | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Mexico | A / B | 127 | 60 |
 | Japan | A / B | 100 | 50/60 |
 | Colombia | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Canada | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Venezuela | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Taiwan | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Guatemala | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Ecuador | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Haiti | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Honduras | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Nicaragua | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | El Salvador | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Costa Rica | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Panama | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Puerto Rico | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Jamaica | A / B | 110 | 50 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | A / B | 115 | 60 |
 | Belize | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Bahamas | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Barbados | A / B | 115 | 50 |
 | Guam | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Micronesia | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | A / B | 230 | 60 |
 | Bermuda | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Sint Maarten | A / B | 110 | 60 |
 | Marshall Islands | A / B | 120 | 60 |
 | Palau | A / B | 120 | 60 |
- Voltage in Australia and Malaysia is 230 V officially, but in practice often 240 V.
- Most sockets in Mongolia are universal sockets which accept either types A & C or types A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, and O.
- Most sockets in Somalia are universal sockets which accept types A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, O, and occasionally J, K, and L.
If you travel across the world, you may not be able to plug in your devices in your new destination. Unfortunately, main electrical voltage varies from country to country. Thankfully, travelers can buy adapters that allow them to plug in, no matter where they are, but knowing what the electrical voltage is is important before taking a trip.
Several countries throughout the world use 110 volts for their electrical mains. In addition, Cuba offers both 110V and 220V currents. A 120V electrical main is the standard in the United States. Throughout much of Asia, Africa, and South America, 220V is the most common electrical main. The 230V current is the most common one used in Europe. It is also found in many African countries. If you plan to travel internationally, check the voltage of the country where you plan to visit, and bring the necessary adapters.
