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Worldwide, about 15 different types of plugs and sockets are used. Each type of plug has been assigned a certain letter. Below you will find an overview of the different types of plugs and their associated features.

Type A
​​​​• 2 pins
• Not grounded
• 15 A
• Almost always 100 - 127 V
• Compatible with plug type A​​​​

Type B
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 15 A
• Almost always 100 - 127 V
• Compatible with plug types A and B​​​​

Type C
​​​​• 2 pins
• Not grounded
• 2.5 A
• Almost always 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug type C​​​​

Type D
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 5 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and D​​​​

Type E
​​​​• 2 pins
• Grounded
• 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C, E and F​​​​

Type F
​​​​• 2 pins
• Grounded
• 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C, E and F​​​​

Type G
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 13 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug type G​​​​

Type H
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and H​​​​

Type J
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 10 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and J​​​​

​​Type K​​
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and K​​​​

Type L
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 10 and 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and L (10 A) of L (16 A)​​​​

Type M
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 15 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug type M​​​​

Type N
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 10 and 20 A
• 100 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and N​​​​

Type O
​​​​• 3 pins
• Grounded
• 16 A
• 220 - 240 V
• Compatible with plug types C and O​​​​

The table below provides an overview of the mains voltage, frequency, and plug type per country.
 

Country	Voltage (volts)	Frequency (hertz)	Plug type
Abu Dhabi	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	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
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	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	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)	220 V	50 Hz	C / D / E
Congo (People's Republic)	230 V	50 Hz	C / E
Cook Islands	240 V	50 Hz	I
Costa Rica	120 V	60 Hz	A / B
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
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	230 V	50 Hz	G
East Timor	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
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	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	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
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
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	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
Ivory Coast	220 V	50 Hz	C / E
Jamaica	110 V	50 Hz	A / B
Japan	100 V	50 / 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
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	60 Hz	A / B
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	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	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	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 Korea	220 V	50 Hz	C
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	220 V	50 Hz	C / F
Rwanda	230 V	50 Hz	C / J
Saba	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Saint Barthélemy	230 V	60 Hz	C / E
Saint Kitts 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 / 220 V	60 Hz	A / B / C / F
Sint Maarten	110 V	60 Hz	A / B
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110 / 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	230 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	C
South Africa	230 V	50 Hz	C / D / M / N
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 / 230 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 / 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 / C / D
Wales	230 V	50 Hz	G
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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