World Standard Plug & Socket Types

Plug & socket types around the world

Worldstandard Plugs & Sockets Power Outlets

15 Types of domestic electrical outlet plugs are currently in use worldwide,
each of which has been assigned a letter by the US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (ITA),
starting with A and moving through the alphabet.
These letters are completely arbitrary: they don’t actually mandate anything.

Click here for a global map showing the spread of the different plug types used around the world.

Click here for a detailed list of the countries of the world with their respective plug and outlet types, voltage and frequency.

TYPE - A

USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan
2 pins
Not grounded
15 A
Almost always 100 – 127 V
Socket compatible with
plug type A

TYPE - B

USA, Canada, Mexico
3 pins
Grounded
15 A
Almost always 100 – 127 V
Socket compatible with
plug type A & B

TYPE - C

Europe, South America & Asia
2 pins
Not grounded
2.5 A, 10 A & 16 A
Almost always 220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug type C

TYPE - D

India
3 pins
Grounded
5 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible
with plug type D
(partial and unsafe compatibility with C, E & F)

TYPE - E

France, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia & Czechia
2 pins
Grounded
16 A
220 – 240 V
socket compatible with
plug types C, E & F

TYPE - F

Europe & Russia, Ireland
2 pins
Grounded
16 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C, E & F

TYPE - G

United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Malaysia & Singapore
3 pins
Grounded
13 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug type G

TYPE - H

Israel, the West Bank & the Gaza Strip
23 pins
Grounded
16 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C & H
(partial and unsafe compatibility with E & F)

TYPE - I

Australia, New Zealand, China & Argentina
2 or 3 pins
2 pins: not grounded / 3 pins: grounded
10 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug type I

TYPE - J

Switzerland & Liechtenstein
3 pins
Grounded
10 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C & J

TYPE - K

Denmark & Greenland
3 pins
Grounded
16 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C & K (partial and unsafe compatibility with E & F)

TYPE - L

Italy & Chile
3 pins
Grounded
10 A & 16 A
220 – 240 V
10 A socket compatible with
plug types C & L (10 A version)
16 A socket compatible with
plug type L (16 A version)

TYPE - M

South Africa
3 pins
Grounded
15 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug type M

TYPE - N

Brazil and South Africa
3 pins
Grounded
10 A, 16 A & 20 A
100 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C & N

TYPE - O

Thailand
3 pins
Grounded
16 A
220 – 240 V
Socket compatible with
plug types C & O
(partial and unsafe compatibility with E & F)