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Countries with several plug types, ranked

Of the 139 countries PlugAtlas covers, 119 use more than one plug type and only 20 use a single type. Jordan has the most, six (Types B, C, D, F, G and J), followed by Bhutan, Laos, Lebanon and the Maldives with five each.

By James Wilson · Published 27 October 2026 · Data as of 28 October 2026

How many types a country uses

Two types is the norm: 88 countries list exactly two, 18 list three and 13 list four or more.

  • 1 type20
  • 2 types88
  • 3 types18
  • 4 types8
  • 5 types4
  • 6 types1

The commonest set by far is Types C/F, shared by 40 countries, then A/B (21) and C/E (13). In each of these the second type takes the first type’s plug: a Type C plug goes into F and E sockets, and a Type A plug into a B socket.

The countries with four or more

Thirteen countries list four or more types. The data records which types are in use, not how common each one is inside the country.

CountryTypesCountRegion
JordanB/C/D/F/G/J6Asia
BhutanC/D/F/G/M5Asia
LaosA/B/C/E/F5Asia
LebanonA/B/C/D/G5Asia
MaldivesD/G/J/K/L5Asia
BangladeshA/C/D/G4Asia
DenmarkC/E/F/K4Europe
EthiopiaC/E/F/L4Africa
MyanmarC/D/F/G4Asia
PakistanC/D/G/M4Asia
SenegalC/D/E/K4Africa
ThailandA/B/C/O4Asia
UruguayC/F/I/L4Americas

Type C appears in 12 of these 13 countries, and Type G in 7. Across all 119 countries with more than one type, 87 include Type C.

Regional patterns

Asia stands out. Its 43 countries average 2.56 plug types each, and 18 of them use three or more, more than all other regions combined.

RegionCountriesAverage typesOne typeThree or more
Africa252.2047
Americas262.1213
Asia432.56918
Europe422.0233
Oceania31.0030

Europe averages 2.02, close to the global norm of two, because so many European countries use Types C and F or Types C and E together. All three countries in Oceania use one type each.

The single-type countries

Of the 20 countries with only one plug type, 16 use Type G alone: Bahrain, Brunei, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Seychelles, Singapore, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Three use only Type I (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand), and Paraguay uses only Type C.

A single type makes the answer for a visitor simple: either the plug from home is that type or it is not. For a visitor from the United States, every one of these 20 countries needs an adapter, because none of them uses Type A or B.

Sets of their own

The 139 countries use 39 different combinations of plug types. In 26 countries the combination is shared with no other country, and 20 of those use three or more types. The list: Argentina, Aruba, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, the Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam.

A unique set does not mean unusual plugs. China combines Types A, C and I, all common elsewhere; no other country happens to use exactly those three together.

Neighbours are a different story. Of the 194 pairs of countries in our data that share a land border, 15 share no plug type at all, for example Indonesia and Malaysia, or Cameroon and Nigeria. Each country page lists its neighbours under “Crossing a border”.

What a long list means for a visitor

More types means more chances that a plug from home fits somewhere. Jordan shows it best. Using the home profiles behind our country pages, US or Canadian, British or Irish, continental European and Japanese plugs all fit a Jordanian socket type, Chinese and Indian plugs partly fit, and only Australian plugs fit none of them.

A long list does not tell you which socket is in a particular room, so a country page lists every type in use and the adapter checker shows which of your plugs match which of them. See the Jordan page for the full breakdown by home region.

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