Electricity Around the World
ELECTRICITY AROUND THE WOLRD COUNTRY VOLTAGE FREQUENCYAfghanistan 220 V 50 HzAlbania 220 V* 50 HzAlgeria 230 V 50 HzAmerican Samoa 120 V 60 HzAndorra 230 V 50 HzAngola 220 V 50 HzAnguilla 110 V 60 HzAntigua 230 V* 60 HzArgentina 220 V 50 HzArmenia 220 V 50 HzAruba 127 V* 60 HzAustralia 240 V 50 HzAustria 230 V 50 HzAzerbaijan 220 V 50 HzAzores 220 V* 50 HzBahamas 120 V 60 HzBahrain 230 V* 50 Hz*Balearic Islands 220 V 50 HzBangladesh 220 V 50 HzBarbados 115V 50 HzBelarus 220 V 50 HzBelgium 230 V 50 HzBelize 110/220 V 60 HzBenin 220 V 50 HzBermuda 120 V 60 HzBhutan 230 V 50 HzBolivia 220/230 V* 50 HzBosnia 220 V 50 HzBotswana 231V 50 HzBrazil 110/220 V* 60 HzBrunei 240 V 50 HzBulgaria 230 V 50 HzBurkina Faso 220 V 50 HzBurundi 220 V 50 HzCambodia 230 V 50 HzCameroon 220 V 50 HzCanada 120 V 60 HzCanary Islands 220 V 50 HzCape Verde 220 V 50 HzCayman Islands 120 V 60 HzCentral African Republic 220 V 50 HzChad 220 V 50 HzChannel Islands 230 V 50 HzChile 220 V 50 HzChina, People's Republic of 220 V 50 HzColombia 110 V 60 HzComoros 220 V 50 HzCongo, People's Rep. of 230 V 50 HzCongo, Dem. Rep. of (former Zaire) 220 V 50 HzCook Islands 240 V 50 HzCosta Rica 120 V 60 HzCôte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 220 V 50 HzCroatia 230 V 50 HzCuba 110/220 V 60 HzCyprus 240 V 50 HzCzech Republic 230 V 50 HzDenmark 230 V 50 HzDjibouti 220 V 50 HzDominica 230 V 50 HzDominican Republic 110 V 60 HzEast Timor 220 V 50 HzEcuador 120-127 V 60 HzEgypt 220 V 50 HzEl Salvador 115V 60 HzEngland (See United Kingdom)Equatorial Guinea 220 V* 50 HzEritrea 230 V 50 HzEstonia 230 V 50 HzEthiopia 220 V 50 HzFaeroe Islands 220 V 50 HzFalkland Islands 240 V 50 HzFiji 240 V 50 HzFinland 230 V 50 HzFrance 230 V 50 HzFrench Guiana 220 V 50 HzGaza 230 V 50 HzGabon 220 V 50 HzGambia 230 V 50 HzGeorgia 220 V 50 HzGermany 230 V 50 HzGhana 230 V 50 HzGibraltar 240 V 50 HzGreat Britain (See United Kingdom) Greece 220 V 50 HzGreenland 220 V 50 HzGrenada (Windward Is.) 230 V 50 HzGuadeloupe 230 V 50 HzGuam 110 V 60 HzGuatemala 120 V 60 HzGuinea 220 V 50 HzGuinea-Bissau 220 V 50 HzGuyana 240 V* 60 Hz*Haiti 110 V 60 HzHonduras 110 V 60 HzHong Kong 220 V* 50 HzHungary 230 V 50 HzIceland 220 V 50 HzIndia 230 V 50 HzIndonesia 127/230 V* 50 HzIran 230 V 50 HzIraq 230 V 50 HzIreland (Eire) 230 50 HzIsle of Man 240 V 50 HzIsrael 220 V 50 HzItaly 230 V 50 HzIvory Coast (See Côte d'Ivoire) Jamaica 110 V 50 HzJapan 100 V 50/60 Hz*Jordan 230 V 50 HzKenya 240 V 50 HzKazakhstan 220 V 50 HzKiribati 240 V 50 HzKorea, South 220 V 60 HzKuwait 240 V 50 HzLaos 230 V 50 HzLatvia 220 V 50 HzLebanon 110/220 V 50 HzLesotho 220 V 50 HzLiberia 120 V 60 HzLibya 127 V* 50 HzLithuania 220 V 50 HzLiechtenstein 230 V 50 HzLuxembourg 220 V 50 HzMacau 220 V 50 HzMacedonia 220 V 50 HzMadagascar 220 V 50 HzMadeira 220 V 50 HzMalawi 230 V 50 HzMalaysia 240 V 50 HzMaldives 230 V 50 HzMali 220 V 50 HzMalta 240 V 50 HzMartinique 220 V 50 HzMauritania 220 V 50 HzMauritius 230 V 50 HzMexico 127 V 60 HzMicronesia (Federal States of) 120 V 60 HzMonaco 127/220 V 50 HzMongolia 220 V 50 HzMontenegro 220 V 50 HzMontserrat (Leeward Is.) 230 V 60 HzMorocco 127/220 V* 50 HzMozambique 220 V 50 HzMyanmar (formerly Burma) 230 V 50 HzNamibia 220 V 50 HzNauru 240 V 50 HzNepal 230 V 50 HzNetherlands 230 V 50 HzNetherlands Antilles 127/220 V* 50 HzNew Caledonia 220 V 50 HzNew Zealand 230 V 50 HzNicaragua 120 V 60 HzNiger 220 V 50 HzNigeria 240 V 50 HzNorthern Ireland (see United Kingdom) Norway 230 V 50 HzOkinawa 100 V* 60 HzOman 240 V* 50 HzPakistan 220 V 50 HzPalmyra Atoll 120 V 60 HzPanama 110 V* 60 HzPapua New Guinea 240 V 50 HzParaguay 220 V 50 HzPeru 220 V* 60 Hz*Philippines 220 V 60 HzPoland 230 V 50 HzPortugal 230 V 50 HzPuerto Rico 120 V 60 HzQatar 240 V 50 HzRéunion Island 220 V 50 HzRomania 230 V 50 HzRussia 220 V 50 HzRwanda 230 V 50 HzSt. Kitts and Nevis (Leeward Is.) 230 V 60 HzSt. Lucia (Windward Is.) 240 V 50 HzSt. Vincent (Windward Is.) 230 V 50 HzSamoa 230 V 50 HzSaudi Arabia 127/220 V 60 HzScotland (See United Kingdom) Senegal 230 V 50 HzSerbia 220 V 50 HzSeychelles 240 V 50 HzSierra Leone 230 V 50 HzSingapore 230 V 50 HzSlovak Republic 230 V 50 HzSlovenia 220 V 50 HzSomalia 220 V* 50 HzSouth Africa 220/230 V* 50 HzSpain 230 V 50 HzSri Lanka 230 V 50 HzSudan 230 V 50 HzSuriname 127 V 60 HzSwaziland 230 V 50 HzSweden 230 V 50 HzSwitzerland 230 V 50 HzSyria 220 V 50 HzTahiti 110/220 V 60 HzTajikistan 220 V 50 HzTaiwan 110 V 60 HzTanzania 230 V 50 HzThailand 220 V 50 HzTogo 220 V* 50 HzTonga 240 V 50 HzTrinidad & Tobago 115V 60 HzTunisia 230 V 50 HzTurkey 230 V 50 HzTurkmenistan 220 V 50 HzUganda 240 V 50 HzUkraine 220 V 50 HzUnited Arab Emirates 220 V* 50 HzUnited Kingdom 230 V* 50 HzUnited States of America 120 V 60 HzUruguay 220 V 50 HzUzbekistan 220 V 50 HzVanuatu 230 V 50 HzVenezuela 120 V 60 HzVietnam 127/220 V* 50 HzVirgin Islands (British and U.S.) 115V 60 HzWales (See United Kingdom) Yemen, Rep. of 220/230 V 50 HzZambia 230 V 50 HzZimbabwe 220 V 50 Hz
Primary sources: Electric Current Abroad (1998 edition), U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service; World Electricity Supplies and Electrical Plugs; an International Survey, (both 1993), British Standards Institute. Additionally, since this table was first posted in late 1995, numerous revisions have (and continue to be) made as a result of personal observations or reports from other travelers.