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Type B plug

A Type B plug has 3 pins — two flat parallel blades plus a round earth pin, earthed by earth pin. It is used in 28 of the 139 countries covered (5th most common), home to about 1.07 billion people.

Standard
NEMA 5-15
Origin
United States
Pins
3
Earthed
Yes
The plug goes into
Type B sockets
The socket takes
Types A and B plugs

Where Type B is used

28 countries.

FijiTanzaniaCanadaUnited StatesKazakhstanUzbekistanIndonesiaArgentinaChileDR CongoKenyaDominican RepublicRussiaBahamasNorwaySouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalNigeriaCameroonGhanaCôte d'IvoireZambiaMalawiMozambiqueIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaJordanUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitIraqOmanCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanKyrgyzstanIranArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTürkiyeAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaJapanParaguaySaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptEthiopiaUgandaRwandaBosnia and HerzegovinaNorth MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegroTrinidad and Tobago

Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela.

Type B and Type A

Type A is the type most often listed alongside Type B: 27 countries use both. Type B has 3 pins and is earthed; Type A has 2 and is unearthed. Between the two, a Type A plug goes into a Type B socket.

Type B without Type A: Jordan.

Type A without Type B: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Vietnam.

Often found with

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Source: Wikidata, checked against national and technical sources. Drawings are simplified, not to scale. Sources & method