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Type C plug

A Type C plug has 2 pins — two round pins (4.0-4.8 mm) about 19 mm apart, converging, unearthed. It is used in 88 of the 139 countries covered (1st most common), home to about 5.84 billion people.

Standard
EN 50075 (Europlug, CEE 7/16)
Origin
Europe
Pins
2
Earthed
No
The plug goes into
Types C, E, F, H, J, K, L, N and O sockets
The socket takes
Type C plugs

Where Type C is used

88 countries; in 1 of them it is the only plug type in use.

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

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, DR Congo, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia.

Bold: Type C is the only plug type in use. The plug also fits sockets in Aruba and the Maldives.

Type C and Type F

Type F is the type most often listed alongside Type C: 51 countries use both. Type C has 2 pins and is unearthed; Type F has 2 and is earthed. Between the two, a Type C plug goes into a Type F socket.

Type C without Type F: Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Czechia, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, France, India, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Zambia.

Type F without Type C: Aruba.

Often found with

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