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Type D plug

A Type D plug has 3 pins — three round pins in a triangle (small, 5 A size), earthed by earth pin. It is used in 21 of the 139 countries covered (6th most common), home to about 2.24 billion people.

Standard
BS 546 (5 A)
Origin
United Kingdom
Pins
3
Earthed
Yes
The plug goes into
Type D sockets
The socket takes
Type D plugs

Where Type D is used

21 countries.

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

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Type D and Type G

Type G is the type most often listed alongside Type D: 17 countries use both. Type D has 3 pins and is earthed; Type G has 3 and is earthed. Neither plug fits the other’s socket.

Type D without Type G: India, Namibia, Nepal, Senegal.

Type G without Type D: Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.

Often found with

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