The map above, shows the various electrical plugs and sockets used around the world. As you can see, few countries use just one type of plug or socket.

Instead they often use multiple different plugs in tandem depending on location and age of the building.

This of course often results in the unintended consequence of travellers bringing the wrong plug adaptor with them when they travel. (Pro Tip: Get a World Travel Adaptor, and you’re far less likely to have this problem).

The map was created by us by combining this map from Wikipedia, along with plug and socket types from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

You’re free to reuse the map on your own website so long as you provide linked attribution back to British Business Energy.

If you’d like to look at plug and socket types by country in more detail, you can use the link above to visit the IEC’s interactive map. Wikipedia also has a good summary why each country developed its own sockets, rather than a more standardised approach.

Finally, if you’re in the UK and are looking to get lower business electricity prices or just looking for a new business energy supplier, we can help by offering free business electricity quotes.

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