Since three-phase electricity is rarely used for domestic purposes, the table below is only relevant to electricians, electrical engineers and other technically skilled people.
Country | 3 phase voltage | Frequency(Hz) | Number of wires (not including the ground wire) | |
Abu Dhabi (not a country, but capital of the United Arab Emirates) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Afghanistan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Albania | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Algeria | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
American Samoa | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Andorra | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Angola | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Anguilla | 120/208 V / 127/220 V / 240/415 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 400 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Argentina | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Armenia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Aruba | 220 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Australia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Austria | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Azerbaijan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Azores | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Bahamas | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Bahrain | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Balearic Islands | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Bangladesh | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Barbados | 200 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Belarus | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Belgium | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Belize | 190 V / 380 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Benin | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Bermuda | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Bhutan | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Bolivia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Bonaire | 220 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Botswana | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Brazil | 220/380 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
British Virgin Islands | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Brunei | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Bulgaria | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Burkina Faso | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Burma (officially Myanmar) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Burundi | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Cambodia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Cameroon | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Canada | 120/208 V / 240 V / 480 V / 347/600 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Canary Islands | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Cape Verde (in Portuguese: Cabo Verde) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Cayman Islands | 240 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Central African Republic | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Chad | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Channel Islands (Guernsey & Jersey) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Chile | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
China, People’s Republic of | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Colombia | 220 V / 440 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Comoros | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa) | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Cook Islands | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Costa Rica | 240 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Croatia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Cuba | 190 V / 440 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Curaçao | 220 V / 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Cyprus | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Czechia (Czech Republic) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Denmark | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Djibouti | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Dominica | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Dominican Republic | 120/208 V / 277/480 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Dubai (not a country, but the largest city in the United Arab Emirates) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
East Timor (Timor-Leste) | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ecuador | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Egypt | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
El Salvador | 200 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
England | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Equatorial Guinea | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Eritrea | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Estonia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ethiopia | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Faeroe Islands | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Falkland Islands | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Fiji | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Finland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
France | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
French Guiana | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Gabon (Gabonese Republic) | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Gambia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Gaza | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Georgia | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Germany | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ghana | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Gibraltar | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Great Britain (GB) | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Greece | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Greenland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Grenada | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Guadeloupe | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Guam | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Guatemala | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Guinea | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Guyana | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Haiti | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Holland (officially the Netherlands) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Honduras | 208 V / 230 V / 240 V / 460 V / 480 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Hong Kong | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Hungary | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Iceland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
India | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Indonesia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Iran | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Iraq | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ireland, Republic of (Eire) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ireland, Northern | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Isle of Man | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Israel | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Italy | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Jamaica | 190 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Japan | 200 V | 50 Hz / 60 Hz | 3 | |
Jordan | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Kazakhstan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Kenya | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Kiribati | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Korea, North | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Korea, South | 380 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Kosovo | 230 V / 400 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Kuwait | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Laos | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Latvia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Lebanon | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Lesotho | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Liberia | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Libya | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Liechtenstein | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Lithuania | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Luxembourg | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Macau | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Madagascar | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Madeira | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Malawi | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Malaysia | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Maldives | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Mali | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Malta | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Marshall Islands | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Martinique | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Mauritania | 220 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Mauritius | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Mayotte | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Mexico | 220 V / 480 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Moldova | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Monaco | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Mongolia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Montenegro | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Montserrat | 400 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Morocco | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Mozambique | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Myanmar (formerly Burma) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Namibia | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Nauru | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Nepal | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Netherlands | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
New Caledonia | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
New Zealand | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Nicaragua | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Niger | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Nigeria | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Northern Ireland | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
North Korea | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Norway | 230 V / 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Oman | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Pakistan | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Palau | 208 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Panama | 240 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Papua New Guinea | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Paraguay | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Peru | 220 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Philippines | 380 V | 60 Hz | 3 | |
Pitcairn Islands | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Poland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Portugal | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Puerto Rico | 480 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Qatar | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Réunion | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Romania | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Russia (officially the Russian Federation) | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Rwanda | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Saba | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Saint Barthélemy (informally also referred to as Saint Barth’s or Saint Barts) | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis) | 400 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Saint Lucia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Saint Martin | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Saint Helena | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Sint Eustatius | 220 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Sint Maarten | 220 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Samoa | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
San Marino | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Saudi Arabia | 400 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Scotland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Senegal | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Serbia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Seychelles | 240 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Sierra Leone | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Singapore | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Slovakia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Slovenia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Solomon Islands | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | [unavailable] | |
Somalia | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Somaliland | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
South Africa | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
South Korea | 380 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
South Sudan | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Spain | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Sri Lanka | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Sudan | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Suriname | 220 V / 400 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Swaziland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Sweden | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Switzerland | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Syria | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Tahiti | 380 V | 50 Hz / 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Taiwan | 220 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Tajikistan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Tanzania | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Thailand | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Togo | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Tonga | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Trinidad & Tobago | 115/230 V / 230/400 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Tunisia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Turkey | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Turkmenistan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 240 V | 60 Hz | 4 | |
Uganda | 415 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Ukraine | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
United Kingdom (UK) | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
United States of America (USA) | 120/208 V / 277/480 V / 120/240 V / 240 V / 480 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
United States Virgin Islands | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Uruguay | 380 V | 50 Hz | 3 | |
Uzbekistan | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Vanuatu | 400 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Venezuela | 120 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Vietnam | 380 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Virgin Islands (British) | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Virgin Islands (USA) | 190 V | 60 Hz | 3, 4 | |
Wales | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Yemen | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Zambia | 400 V | 50 Hz | 4 | |
Zimbabwe | 415 V | 50 Hz | 3, 4 |