Which country has the highest Single Phase Voltage?

Kenya has the highest Single Phase Voltage, at 240, followed by Uganda (240) and Papua New Guinea (240).

Which country has the lowest Single Phase Voltage?

Japan has the lowest Single Phase Voltage, at 100.

What is the median Single Phase Voltage across countries?

The median is 230 across the 199 countries with data.

Where does this mains electricity by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Plug, socket & voltage by country - WorlStandards.

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Mains Electricity by Country

Name: Mains Electricity by Country
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Kenya has the highest Single Phase Voltage (240), followed by Uganda (240) and Papua New Guinea (240). Japan has the lowest (100).

Infrastructure & Energy205 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Nov 17, 2023Original page

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Single Phase Voltage

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Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 199 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

230

Middle half 220 – 230

Average

210.4

199 countries

Highest

240

Kenya

Lowest

100

Japan

Data

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205 countries · # = rank by Single Phase Voltage

#
1	Kenya	G	240	50
1	Uganda	G	240	50
1	Papua New Guinea	I	240	60
1	Oman	G	240	50
1	Kuwait	G	240	50
1	Qatar	G	240	50
1	Fiji	I	240	50
1	Brunei	G	240	50
1	Kiribati	I	240	50
1	Seychelles	G	240	50
1	Tonga	I	240	50
1	Cook Islands	I	240	50
1	Nauru	I	240	50
14	India	C / D / M	230	50
14	Indonesia	C / F	230	50
14	Pakistan	C / D	230	50
14	Nigeria	D / G	230	50
14	DR Congo	C / E	230	50
14	Iran	C / F	230	50
14	Turkey	C / F	230	50
14	Germany	C / F	230	50
14	Tanzania	D / G	230	50
14	Thailand	A / B / C / O	230	50
14	United Kingdom	G	230	50
14	France	C / E	230	50
14	South Africa	C / M / N	230	50
14	Italy	C / F / L	230	50
14	Myanmar	A / C / D / G / I	230	50
14	Sudan	C / D	230	50
14	Algeria	C / F	230	50
14	Iraq	C / D / G	230	50
14	Spain	C / F	230	50
14	Yemen	A / D / G	230	50
14	Ukraine	C / F	230	50
14	Poland	C / F	230	50
14	Malaysia	G	230	50
14	Ghana	D / G	230	50
14	Nepal	C / D / M	230	50
14	Australia	I	230	50
14	Sri Lanka	D / G	230	50
14	Malawi	G	230	50
14	Zambia	C / D / G	230	50
14	Senegal	C / D / E	230	50
14	Romania	C / F	230	50
14	Netherlands	C / F	230	50
14	Cambodia	A / C / G	230	50
14	Zimbabwe	D / G	230	50
14	Rwanda	C / E / F / G	230	50
14	Bolivia	A / C	230	50
14	South Sudan	C / D	230	50
14	Tunisia	C / E	230	50
14	Belgium	C / E	230	50
14	Jordan	C / D / F / G / J	230	50
14	United Arab Emirates	G	230	50
14	Sweden	C / F	230	50
14	Czechia	C / E	230	50
14	Portugal	C / F	230	50
14	Greece	C / F	230	50
14	Israel	C / H	230	50
14	Hungary	C / F	230	50
14	Austria	C / F	230	50
14	Switzerland	C / J	230	50
14	Sierra Leone	D / G	230	50
14	Laos	A / B / C / E / F	230	50
14	Libya	C / L	230	50
14	Bulgaria	C / F	230	50
14	Serbia	C / F	230	50
14	Denmark	C / E / F / K	230	50
14	Singapore	G	230	50
14	Lebanon	C / D / G	230	50
14	Palestine	C / H	230	50
14	Norway	C / F	230	50
14	Finland	C / F	230	50
14	Slovakia	C / E	230	50
14	Ireland	G	230	50
14	New Zealand	I	230	50
14	Croatia	C / F	230	50
14	Eritrea	C / L	230	50
14	Mongolia	C / F / Universal	230	50
14	Uruguay	C / F / L	230	50
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	C / F	230	50
14	Moldova	C / F	230	50
14	Armenia	C / F	230	50
14	Gambia	G	230	50
14	Lithuania	C / F	230	50
14	Albania	C / F	230	50
14	Botswana	D / G	230	50
14	Slovenia	C / F	230	50
14	Latvia	C / F	230	50
14	North Macedonia	C / F	230	50
14	Bahrain	G	230	50
14	Cyprus	G	230	60
14	Estonia	C / F	230	50
14	Eswatini	M	230	50
14	Mauritius	C / G	230	50
14	Solomon Islands	G / I	230	50
14	Bhutan	C / D / G	230	50
14	Luxembourg	C / F	230	50
14	Montenegro	C / F	230	50
14	Malta	G	230	50
14	Maldives	C / D / G / L	230	50
14	Cape Verde	C / F	230	50
14	Iceland	C / F	230	50
14	Vanuatu	I	230	50
14	French Guiana	C / E	230	50
14	Sao Tome and Principe	C / F	230	50
14	Samoa	I	230	50
14	Antigua and Barbuda	A / B	230	60
14	Andorra	C / F	230	50
14	Dominica	D / G	230	50
14	Greenland	C / E / F / K	230	50
14	Saint Kitts and Nevis	D / G	230	60
14	Gibraltar	G	230	50
14	San Marino	C / F / L	230	50
14	Falkland Islands	G	230	50
14	Vatican City	C / F / L	230	50
117	China	A / C / I	220	50
117	Bangladesh	A / C / D / G	220	50
117	Russia	C / F	220	50
117	Ethiopia	C / F / G	220	50
117	Egypt	C / F	220	50
117	Philippines	A / B / C	220	60
117	Vietnam	A / B / C	220	50
117	South Korea	C / F	220	60
117	Argentina	C / I	220	50
117	Afghanistan	C / F	220	50
117	Angola	C / F	220	50
117	Morocco	C / E	220	50
117	Uzbekistan	C / F	220	50
117	Mozambique	C / F / M	220	50
117	Saudi Arabia	G	220	60
117	Peru	A / B / C	220	60
117	Madagascar	C / E	220	50
117	Cameroon	C / E	220	50
117	Niger	C / D / E	220	50
117	North Korea	C / F	220	50
117	Syria	C / E / L	220	50
117	Mali	C / E	220	50
117	Burkina Faso	C / E	220	50
117	Chad	C / E / F	220	50
117	Kazakhstan	C / F	220	50
117	Somalia	C / G / Universal	220	50
117	Chile	C / L	220	50
117	Guinea	C / F	220	50
117	Benin	A / B / G	220	50
117	Burundi	C / E	220	50
117	Tajikistan	C / F	220	50
117	Azerbaijan	C / F	220	50
117	Togo	C / E	220	50
117	Belarus	C / F	220	50
117	Turkmenistan	C / F	220	50
117	Kyrgyzstan	C / F	220	50
117	Paraguay	A / C	220	50
117	Republic of the Congo	C / E	220	50
117	Central African Republic	C / E	220	50
117	Mauritania	C / E / F	220	50
117	Georgia	C / F	220	50
117	Namibia	D / M	220	50
117	Gabon	C / E	220	50
117	Lesotho	M	220	50
117	Guinea-Bissau	C / E / F	220	50
117	Equatorial Guinea	C / E	220	50
117	Timor-Leste	A / B / C	220	50
117	Djibouti	C / E	220	50
117	Comoros	C / E	220	50
117	Macau	G	220	50
117	New Caledonia	C / E	220	50
117	French Polynesia	C / E	220	60
—	Brazil	C / N	127/220	60
—	Suriname	A / B / C / F	127/220	60
169	Mexico	A / B	127	60
—	Guyana	A / B / D / G	120/240	60
—	Liberia	A / B / C / F	120/220	60
170	United States	A / B	120	60
170	Canada	A / B	120	60
170	Venezuela	A / B	120	60
170	Guatemala	A / B	120	60
170	Ecuador	A / B	120	60
170	Dominican Republic	A / B / C	120	60
170	Honduras	A / B	120	60
170	Hong Kong	G	120	60
170	Nicaragua	A / B	120	60
170	El Salvador	A / B	120	60
170	Costa Rica	A / B	120	60
170	Panama	A / B	120	60
170	Puerto Rico	A / B	120	60
170	Bahamas	A / B	120	60
170	Micronesia	A / B	120	60
170	Aruba	A / B / F	120	60
170	Bermuda	A / B	120	60
170	American Samoa	A / B / F / I	120	60
170	Marshall Islands	A / B	120	60
170	Palau	A / B	120	60
190	Trinidad and Tobago	A / B	115	60
190	Barbados	A / B	115	50
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	A / B / G	110/230	50
—	Cuba	A / B / C / L	110/220	60
192	Colombia	A / B	110	60
192	Taiwan	A / B	110	60
192	Haiti	A / B	110	60
192	Jamaica	A / B	110	50
192	Belize	A / B	110	60
192	Guam	A / B	110	60
192	Sint Maarten	A / B	110	60
199	Japan	A / B	100	50/60

What correlates with Single Phase Voltage?

Pearson r against 1,380 other country metrics sharing at least 120 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Single Phase Voltage tend to score higher on these

Single Phase VoltageElectrical Plug Types by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 195
Plot
Residential VoltageVoltage by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 189
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CountContinent With the Most Countries
r = +0.53 · strong · n = 183
Plot
Minimum Driving AgeMinimum Driving Age by Country
r = +0.33 · moderate · n = 131
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Android Market ShareiPhone Market Share by Country
r = +0.33 · moderate · n = 192
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B- Blood TypeBlood Type by Country
r = +0.31 · moderate · n = 120
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Single Phase Voltage tend to score lower on these

FrequencyVoltage by Country
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 193
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Frequency (Hz)Electrical Plug Types by Country
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 198
Plot
Violent Gun Deaths as % of All Deaths IHMEGun Deaths by Country
r = −0.66 · strong · n = 179
Plot
Homicides RateGun Violence by Country
r = −0.62 · strong · n = 189
Plot
Rate of Violent Gun Death IHMEGun Deaths by Country
r = −0.62 · strong · n = 189
Plot
Asylum Not AdjudicatedAsylum Approval Rate by Country
r = −0.53 · strong · n = 120
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Single Phase Voltage?: Kenya has the highest Single Phase Voltage, at 240, followed by Uganda (240) and Papua New Guinea (240).
Which country has the lowest Single Phase Voltage?: Japan has the lowest Single Phase Voltage, at 100.
What is the median Single Phase Voltage across countries?: The median is 230 across the 199 countries with data.
Where does this mains electricity by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Plug, socket & voltage by country - WorlStandards.