This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Belgium
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type ECEE 7/5Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type E
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Arriving from most of continental EuropePlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Belgian sockets are Type at 230 V with the earth pin standing out of the wall, so a bare Schuko plug will not enter.
Sockets in Belgium are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the French pattern, where the earth is a pin projecting from the socket.
A Europlug fits everywhere, which covers phone and laptop chargers.
A bare Schuko plug from the Netherlands or Germany does not fit. The hybrid CEE 7/7 plug on most appliance leads does, but an old extension lead brought across the border may not.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
Some areas run a 230 V three-phase supply with no neutral, which appliances handle but which is why a few devices behave oddly on cheap adapters.
230 V, so only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
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