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Worldwide AC Voltages (V) & Frequencies (Hz)

09-04-2021

When selling a dg set to other countries, we should always ask for voltage & frequency information from clients. Not all countries use the same AC voltage and frequency. Even if in one country, voltages vary according to different applications. There are approximately 40 countries that use 60 Hz while the rest run on 50 Hz current. 

Single-phase power is mainly for residential use (Such as apartments & hotels) and some commercial area (such as small shops & supermarkets) while three-phase power provides more stable, heavy-duty power for most industrial applications like manufacturing plants, commercial facilities, data centers, telecom towers, hospitals, food processing centers and utility power plants. 

The number of wires and plugs used also varies from region to region since each country is developing its own power grid at a different rate and time.


AC Voltages (V)Frequencies (Hz)


The specific AC voltages (V) and frequencies (Hz) for countries all over the world are as the following list:


                                                       Worldwide AC Voltages (V) & Frequencies (Hz) 
Country                          Single-Phase          Three-Phase          Frequency               Wires                  Plug Type
                                             Voltage                    Voltage                 Hertz              not include 
                                                                                                                                  ground wire
Abu Dhabi                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
Afghanistan                             220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Albania                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Algeria                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
American Samoa                     120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                   A/B/F/I
Andorra                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Angola                                     220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
                                                                         120/208 V /
                                                                         127/220 V /
Anguilla                                   110 V                240/415 V                 60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Antigua and Barbuda             230 V                    400 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Argentina                                220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/I
Armenia                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Aruba                                      120 V                    220 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                   A/B/F/I
Australia                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
Austria                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Azerbaijan                               220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Azores                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                     B/C/F
Bahamas                                 120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Bahrain                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
Balearic Islands                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Bangladesh                             220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4              A/C/D/G/K
Barbados                                 115 V                    200 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Belarus                                    220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Belgium                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Belize                               110 V / 220 V         190 V / 380 V              60 Hz                     3, 4                    A/B/G
Benin                                       220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Bermuda                                 120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Bhutan                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/G
Bolivia                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         A/C
Bonaire                                   127 V                    220 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      A/C
Bosnia &
Herzegovina                          
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Botswana                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/G
Brazil                             127 V / 220 V           220 V / 380 V              60 Hz                     3, 4                      C/N
British Virgin Islands             110 V                    190 V                      60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Brunei                                    240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Bulgaria                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Burkina Faso                          220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Burma (officially
Myanmar)                              
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                  A/C/D/G/I
Burundi                                  220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Cambodia                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      A/C/G
Cameroon                              220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
                                                                         120/208 V /
                                                                         240 V / 480 V /
Canada                                   120 V                347/600 V                  60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Canary Islands                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                     C/E/F
Cape Verde                            230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Cayman Islands                      120 V                    240 V                     60 Hz                       3                         A/B
Central African
Republic                                
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Chad                                       220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                     C/D/E/F
Channel Islands
(Guernsey & Jersey)               
230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                        C/G
Chile                                       220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/L
China, People’s
Republic of                            
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                     A/C/I
Colombia                               110 V             220 V / 440 V               60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Comoros                                220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Congo, Democratic
Republic of                           
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                    C/D/E
Congo, People’s
Republic of                           
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Cook Islands                          240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
Costa Rica                             120 V                    240 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory
Coast)                                   
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Croatia                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Cuba                            110 V / 220 V                 190 V                     60 Hz                       3                     A/B/C/L
Curaçao                                 127 V             220 V / 380 V               50 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Cyprus                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Czech Republic                      230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Denmark                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                   C/E/F/K
Djibouti                                  220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Dominica                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/G
                                                                        120/208 V /
Dominican Republic              120 V                277/480 V                  60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Dubai                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
East Timor (Timor-
Leste)                                    
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/E/F/I
Ecuador                                 120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Egypt                                     220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
El Salvador                            120 V                    200 V                     60 Hz                       3                         A/B
England                                 230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Equatorial Guinea                 220 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]              C/E
Eritrea                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/L
Estonia                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Ethiopia                                 220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Faeroe Islands                       230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                   C/E/F/K
Falkland Islands                    240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Fiji                                         240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
Finland                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
France                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
French Guiana                       220 V                    380 V                    50 Hz                     3, 4                    C/D/E
Gabon (Gabonese
Republic)                               
220 V                    380 V                    50 Hz                       4                           C
Gambia                                  230 V                    400 V                    50 Hz                       4                          G
Gaza                                      230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/H
Georgia                                 220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Germany                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Ghana                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      D/G
Gibraltar                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Great Britain (GB)                 230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Greece                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Greenland                             230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                   C/E/F/K
Grenada                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Guadeloupe                          230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Guam                                    110 V                    190 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Guatemala                            120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Guinea                                  220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                     C/F/K
Guinea-Bissau                      220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
Guyana                          120 V / 240 V              190 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                  A/B/D/G
Haiti                                     110 V                    190 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Holland (officially
the Netherlands)                  
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
                                                                      208 V / 230 V /
                                                                      240 V / 460 V /
Honduras                             120 V                    480 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Hong Kong                           220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
Hungary                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Iceland                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
India                                      230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/M
Indonesia                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Iran                                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Iraq                                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/G
Ireland (Eire)                          230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Ireland, Northern                   230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Isle of Man                             230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                        C/G
Israel                                      230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/H
Italy                                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                       C/F/L
Jamaica                                  110 V                    190 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Japan                                      100 V                    200 V                 50 / 60 Hz                   3                         A/B
Jordan                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                C/D/F/G/J
Kazakhstan                             220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Kenya                                     240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Kiribati                                    240 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]                 I
Korea, North                          220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
Korea, South                          220 V                    380 V                     60 Hz                       4                         C/F
Kosovo                                   230 V             230 V / 400 V               50 Hz                       3                         C/F
Kuwait                                    240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Kyrgyzstan                             220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Laos                                       230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                   A/B/C/E/F
Latvia                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Lebanon                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/G
Lesotho                                 220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                          M
Liberia                                   120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Libya                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/L
Liechtenstein                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/J
Lithuania                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Luxembourg                         230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Macau                                   220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       3                          G
Macedonia                            230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Madagascar                          220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Madeira                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Malawi                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
Malaysia                                240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Maldives                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                C/D/G/J/K/L
Mali                                       220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/E
Malta                                     230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Marshall Islands                    120 V             [unavailable]        [unavailable]      [unavailable]                   A/B
Martinique                            220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                    C/D/E
Mauritania                            220 V                    220 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
Mauritius                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                        C/G
Mayotte                                230 V             [unavailable]         [unavailable]          [unavailable]              C/E
Mexico                                  127 V             220 V / 480 V              60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Micronesia,
Federated States of              
120 V             [unavailable]          [unavailable]        [unavailable]              A/B
Moldova                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Monaco                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                       C/E/F
Mongolia                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Montenegro                         230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Montserrat                           230 V                    400 V                     60 Hz                       4                         A/B
Morocco                               220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Mozambique                        220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/F/M
Myanmar (formerly
Burma)                                  
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                   A/C/D/G/I
Namibia                                220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/M
Nauru                                    240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                           I
Nepal                                    230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/M
Netherlands                          230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
New Caledonia                     220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
New Zealand                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
Nicaragua                             120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Niger                                    220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                     C/D/E/F
Nigeria                                 230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/G
Northern Ireland                  230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
North Korea                         220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
Norway                                 230 V             230 V / 400 V              50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Oman                                   240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Pakistan                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       3                         C/D
Palau                                    120 V                    208 V                     60 Hz                       3                         A/B
Panama                                120 V                    240 V                     60 Hz                       3                         A/B
Papua New Guinea              240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                           I
Paraguay                              220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                           C
Peru                                     220 V                    220 V                     60 Hz                       3                         A/C
Philippines                           220 V                    380 V                     60 Hz                       3                       A/B/C
Pitcairn Islands                    230 V             [unavailable]            [unavailable]         [unavailable]                 I
Poland                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Portugal                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Puerto Rico                         120 V                    480 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Qatar                                   240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
Réunion                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Romania                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Russia (officially the
Russian Federation)            
220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Rwanda                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/J
Saba                                    110 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]              A/B
Saint Barthélemy
(informally also referred to as                                                                                                                                Saint Barth’s or Saint
Barts)                                 
230 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]              C/E
Saint Kitts and Nevis
(officially the Federation of                                                                                                                                                                             Saint Christopher and
Nevis)                                
230 V                    400 V                     60 Hz                       4                        D/G
Saint Lucia                          230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Saint Martin                       220 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]              C/E
Saint Helena                      230 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]                G
Sint Eustatius              110 V / 220 V               220 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                  A/B/C/F
Sint Maarten                      110 V                    220 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Saint Vincent and          
the Grenadines            110 V / 230  V             400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      A/B/G
Samoa                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
San Marino                         230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                       C/F/L
São Tomé and
Príncipe                             
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Saudi Arabia                      230 V                    400 V                     60 Hz                       4                          G
Scotland                            230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Senegal                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                  C/D/E/K
Serbia                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Seychelles                          240 V                    240 V                     50 Hz                       3                          G
Sierra Leone                       230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/G
Singapore                           230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Slovakia                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Slovenia                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Solomon Islands                 230 V             [unavailable]           [unavailable]         [unavailable]               G/I
Somalia                               220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
Somaliland                          220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         C
South Africa                        230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                 C/D/M/N
South Korea                        220 V                    380 V                     60 Hz                       4                         C/F
South Sudan                       230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/D
Spain                                   230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Sri Lanka                             230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                        D/G
Sudan                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/D
Suriname                    127 V / 230 V         220 V / 400 V               60 Hz                     3, 4                  A/B/C/F
Swaziland                           230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                          M
Sweden                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Switzerland                         230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/J
Syria                                    220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       3                       C/E/L
Tahiti                                   220 V                    380 V                 50 / 60 Hz                 3, 4                       C/E
Taiwan                                110 V                    220 V                     60 Hz                       4                         A/B
Tajikistan                            220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       3                         C/F
Tanzania                             230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      D/G
Thailand                              230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                  A/B/C/O
Togo                                    220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                           C
Tonga                                  240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
                                                                     115/230 V /
Trinidad & Tobago             115 V                230/400 V                  60 Hz                       4                         A/B
Tunisia                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/E
Turkey                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                       C/F
Turkmenistan                       220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       3                         C/F
Turks and Caicos
Islands                                  
120 V                    240 V                     60 Hz                       4                         A/B
Uganda                                240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Ukraine                                230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
United Arab
Emirates (UAE)                     
230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                        G
United Kingdom (UK)           230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
                                                                      120/208 V /
                                                                      277/480 V /
United States of                                           120/240 V /
America (USA)                      120 V             240 V / 480 V              60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
United States Virgin
Islands                                  
110 V                    190 V                    60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Uruguay                               220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       3                       C/F/L
Uzbekistan                           220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                         C/F
Vanuatu                               230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                         I
Venezuela                            120 V                    120 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Vietnam                               220 V                    380 V                     50 Hz                       4                      A/C/D
Virgin Islands
(British)                                
110 V                    190 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Irgin Islands (USA)               110 V                    190 V                     60 Hz                     3, 4                      A/B
Wales                                   230 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                       4                          G
Yemen                                  230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      A/D/G
Zambia                                 230 V                    400 V                     50 Hz                       4                      C/D/G
Zimbabwe                            240 V                    415 V                     50 Hz                     3, 4                      D/G


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