Type A plug
A Type A plug has 2 pins — two flat parallel blades, unearthed. It is used in 31 of the 139 countries covered (4th most common), home to about 2.75 billion people.
- Standard
- NEMA 1-15
- Origin
- United States
- Pins
- 2
- Earthed
- No
- The plug goes into
- Types A and B sockets
- The socket takes
- Type A plugs
Where Type A is used
31 countries.
Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam.
The plug also fits sockets in Jordan.
Type A and Type B
Type B is the type most often listed alongside Type A: 27 countries use both. Type A has 2 pins and is unearthed; Type B has 3 and is earthed. Between the two, a Type A plug goes into a Type B socket.
Type A without Type B: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Vietnam.
Type B without Type A: Jordan.
Adapter checker · How far each plug type reaches
Source: Wikidata, checked against national and technical sources. Drawings are simplified, not to scale. Sources & method