Countries using 60 Hz electricity

49 countries and territories use 60 Hz mains, most of them in the Americas; Japan uses 50 Hz in the east and 60 Hz in the west. Chargers and most electronics do not care, but mains-timed clocks and some motors run fast or slow on the other frequency.

#	Country	Voltage	Frequency	Plugs
1	American Samoa	120 V	60 Hz	AB
2	Anguilla	110 V	60 Hz	AB
3	Antigua and Barbuda	110 V / 230 V	60 Hz	AB
4	Aruba	127 V	60 Hz	ABF
5	Bahamas	120 V	60 Hz	AB
6	Belize	110 V / 220 V	60 Hz	ABG
7	Bermuda	120 V	60 Hz	AB
8	Brazil	127 V / 220 V	60 Hz	CN
9	British Virgin Islands	110 V	60 Hz	AB
10	Canada	120 V	60 Hz	AB
11	Cayman Islands	120 V	60 Hz	AB
12	Colombia	120 V	60 Hz	AB
13	Costa Rica	120 V	60 Hz	AB
14	Cuba	110 V	60 Hz	ABCL
15	Dominican Republic	120 V	60 Hz	ABC
16	Ecuador	120 V	60 Hz	AB
17	El Salvador	115 V	60 Hz	AB
18	French Polynesia	220 V	60 Hz	ABCEF
19	Guam	110 V	60 Hz	AB
20	Guatemala	120 V	60 Hz	AB
21	Guyana	110 V / 240 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz	ABDG
22	Haiti	110 V	60 Hz	AB
23	Honduras	120 V	60 Hz	AB
24	Japan	100 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz	AB
25	Liberia	120 V / 230 V	50 Hz / 60 Hz	ABCDFG
26	Marshall Islands	120 V	60 Hz	AB
27	Mexico	127 V	60 Hz	AB
28	Micronesia	120 V	60 Hz	AB
29	Montserrat	230 V	60 Hz	ABG
30	Nicaragua	120 V	60 Hz	AB
31	Northern Mariana Islands	120 V	60 Hz	AB
32	Palau	120 V	60 Hz	AB
33	Panama	120 V	60 Hz	AB
34	Peru	220 V	60 Hz	ABC
35	Philippines	230 V	60 Hz	ABC
36	Puerto Rico	120 V	60 Hz	AB
37	Saint Barthélemy	230 V	60 Hz	CE
38	Saint Kitts and Nevis	230 V	60 Hz	ABDG
39	Saint Martin	220 V	60 Hz	CE
40	Saudi Arabia	230 V	60 Hz	ABG
41	Sint Maarten	120 V	60 Hz	AB
42	South Korea	220 V	60 Hz	CF
43	Suriname	127 V / 220 V	60 Hz	ABCF
44	Taiwan	110 V	60 Hz	AB
45	Trinidad and Tobago	115 V	60 Hz	AB
46	Turks and Caicos Islands	120 V	60 Hz	AB
47	US Virgin Islands	120 V	60 Hz	AB
48	United States	120 V	60 Hz	AB
49	Venezuela	120 V	60 Hz	AB

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