112 Answers in 78 Countries, 911 in 40: 2026 Table

Name: 112 Answers in 78 Countries, 911 in 40: 2026 Table
Creator: TyreMap
Published: 2026-03-01
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Police, ambulance and fire numbers for 245 countries: 78 use 112 as the general line, 40 use 911, and 87 split the services across separate numbers.

Updated 7 Nov 2026 · 1116 words · 6 min read

Last verified 19 Sep 2026 · Next review 2026-12-18

Quick Answer

There is no universal emergency number. Of the 245 countries listed, 78 use 112 as the general line and 40 use 911, while 87 have no single general line and split police, ambulance and fire, or publish none.

There is no worldwide emergency number, which is why the one saved in your phone may ring nowhere. This reference lists police, ambulance, fire and general numbers for 245 countries: 78 of them answer on 112 as the general line, 40 on 911, and a great many keep separate numbers for each service rather than one switchboard. Look your destination up before you set off, and keep a working SIM in the phone: several countries, Germany and the UK among them, do not put through emergency calls from a mobile without one.

Key Findings

245 countries with emergency number data
78 countries use 112 as a general emergency number (EU standard)
40 countries use 911 as a general emergency number (Americas)
Many countries maintain separate numbers for police, ambulance, and fire services
A dash means no nationally published number for that service — Senegal routes police, ambulance and fire to 17, 15 and 18 with no single general line, and Libya publishes an ambulance line on 1415

Countries are cross-checked against national emergency authorities and the European Emergency Number Association; where a country publishes nothing for a service, the cell is left empty rather than filled with a plausible guess.

Is 911 the emergency number in every country?

No, 911 is not used everywhere and is not a worldwide number. In this table it is the general emergency line in 40 of 245 countries, mostly in North and Central America, the Caribbean and parts of South America such as Uruguay and Venezuela, plus a few others such as Jordan and the Philippines. 112 is the general line in 78 countries, and many others use their own codes: 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand, 999 in the UK and Hong Kong, 110 in China and Japan for police. If you dial 911 outside the Americas, it may connect to nothing, so check the table below for your destination.

Emergency Numbers by Country

Country	Police	Ambulance	Fire	General
Afghanistan	119	—	—	—
Albania	112	127	128	—
Algeria	17	1021	14	—
American Samoa	911	911	911	911
Andorra	110	116	118	—
Angola	110	112	118	—
Anguilla	911	911	911	911
Antigua and Barbuda	911	911	911	911
Argentina	101	107	100	911
Armenia	102	103	101	112
Aruba	100	911	911	911
Australia	000	000	000	000
Austria	133	144	122	112
Azerbaijan	102	103	101	—
Bahamas	911	911	911	911
Bahrain	999	999	999	999
Bangladesh	999	999	999	999
Barbados	211	511	311	—
Belarus	102	103	101	—
Belgium	101	100	100	112
Belize	911	911	911	911
Benin	117	118	118	—
Bermuda	911	911	911	911
Bhutan	113	112	110	—
Bolivia	110	118	119	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina	122	124	123	—
Botswana	999	997	998	—
Brazil	190	192	193	190
British Indian Ocean Territory	+246 370 2938	—	—	—
British Virgin Islands	911	911	911	911
Brunei	993	991	995	—
Bulgaria	112	112	112	112
Burkina Faso	17	18	18	—
Burundi	112	112	112	112
Cambodia	117	119	118 or 666	—
Cameroon	117	112	119	—
Canada	911	911	911	911
Cape Verde	132	130	131	—
Caribbean Netherlands	911	911	911	911
Cayman Islands	911	911	911	911
Central African Republic	117	117	118	117
Chad	2020	1212	1212	—
Chile	133	131	132	131
China	110	120	119	110
Christmas Island	000	000	000	000
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	000	000	000	000
Colombia	123	123	123	123
Comoros	117	—	113	—
Cook Islands	999	998	996	—
Costa Rica	911	911	911	911
Croatia	192	194	193	112
Cuba	106	104	105	—
Curaçao	911	912	911	911
Cyprus	199 (or 112); north: 155	112	112	112
Czechia	158	155	150	112
DR Congo	—	—	—	—
Denmark	112	112	112	112
Djibouti	17	—	18	—
Dominica	999	999	999	999
Dominican Republic	911	911	911	911
Ecuador	911	911	911	911
Egypt	122	123	180	122
El Salvador	911	911	911	911
Equatorial Guinea	—	3101	—	—
Eritrea	113	—	116	—
Estonia	112	112	112	112
Eswatini	999	977	933	—
Ethiopia	—	907 (Addis Ababa)	—	911
Falkland Islands	999	999	999	999
Faroe Islands	112	112	112	112
Fiji	917	—	—	911
Finland	112	112	112	112
France	17	15	18	112
French Guiana	17	15	18	112
French Polynesia	17	15	18	—
Gabon	177	117	177	—
Gambia	—	—	—	—
Georgia	112	112	112	112
Germany	110	112	112	112
Ghana	191	193	192	999 or 112
Gibraltar	—	—	—	999
Greece	100	166	199	112
Greenland	—	—	—	112
Grenada	911	434 (St George’s)	911	—
Guadeloupe	17	15	18	112
Guam	—	—	—	911
Guatemala	110	122 or 123	122 or 123	—
Guernsey	112	112	112	112
Guinea	122	—	1717	—
Guinea-Bissau	117	1313	1313	—
Guyana	911	913	912	—
Haiti	122	116	115	—
Honduras	911	911	911	911
Hong Kong	999	999	999	999
Hungary	107	104	105	112
Iceland	112	112	112	112
India	100	108	101	112
Indonesia	110	118	113	112
Iran	110	115	125	110
Iraq	911	122	115	—
Ireland	112	112	112	112
Isle of Man	112	112	112	112
Israel	100	101	102	100
Italy	113	118	115	112
Ivory Coast	110	185	180	—
Jamaica	119	110	110	—
Japan	110	119	119	110
Jersey	112	112	112	112
Jordan	911	911	911	911
Kazakhstan	102	103	101	112
Kenya	999	999	999	112
Kiribati	992	994	993	999
Kosovo	112	112	112	112
Kuwait	112	112	112	112
Kyrgyzstan	102	103	101	112
Laos	1191	1195	1190	—
Latvia	112	113	112	112
Lebanon	112	140	175	—
Lesotho	112	112	112	112
Liberia	—	—	—	—
Libya	—	1415	—	—
Liechtenstein	112	112	112	112
Lithuania	112	112	112	112
Luxembourg	112	112	112	112
Macau	999	999	999	999
Madagascar	117	117	118	—
Malawi	997	998	999	—
Malaysia	999	999	994	999
Maldives	119	102	118	—
Mali	17	15	18	—
Malta	112	112	112	112
Marshall Islands	625 8666	625 4142	—	—
Martinique	17	15	—	112
Mauritania	117	101	118	—
Mauritius	999 or 112	999 or 114	999 or 115	999
Mayotte	17	15	18	112
Mexico	911	911	911	911
Micronesia	911	911	911	911
Moldova	112	112	112	112
Monaco	112	112	112	112
Mongolia	102	103	101	—
Montenegro	112	112	112	112
Montserrat	911	911	911	911
Morocco	190	150	150	—
Mozambique	112	112	112	112
Myanmar	199	192	191	—
Namibia	10111	—	—	112
Nauru	110	111	112	—
Nepal	100	102	101	—
Netherlands	112	112	112	112
New Caledonia	17	15	18	—
New Zealand	111	111	111	111
Nicaragua	118	128	115	—
Niger	17	15	18	—
Nigeria	199	199	199	112
Niue	112	112	112	112
Norfolk Island	—	—	—	000 (1 ambulance, 2 police, 3 fire)
North Korea	—	—	—	—
North Macedonia	192	194	193	—
Northern Mariana Islands	911	911	911	911
Norway	112	113	110	112
Oman	—	—	—	9999
Pakistan	15	115 / 1122	16	15
Palau	911	911	911	911
Palestine	100	101	102	—
Panama	104	103	103	911
Papua New Guinea	112	111	110	—
Paraguay	911	141	132	—
Peru	105	116	116	105
Philippines	117	911	911	911
Pitcairn Islands	—	984 0132 (doctor)	—	—
Poland	997	999	998	112
Portugal	112	112	112	112
Puerto Rico	911	911	911	911
Qatar	—	—	—	999
Republic of the Congo	—	—	—	—
Romania	112	112	112	112
Russia	102	103	101	112
Rwanda	112	112	111	—
Réunion	17	15	18	112
Saint Barthélemy	—	—	—	112
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	—	—	—	999
Saint Kitts and Nevis	911	911	333	—
Saint Lucia	911	911	911	911
Saint Martin	—	—	—	112
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	17	15	18	112
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	999	911	—	911
Samoa	911	911	911	911
San Marino	112	112	112	112
Saudi Arabia	999	997	998	911
Senegal	17	15	18	—
Serbia	112	112	112	112
Seychelles	—	—	—	999
Sierra Leone	117	117	117	117
Singapore	999	995	995	999
Sint Maarten	721-542-2222	912	919	—
Slovakia	112	112	112	112
Slovenia	113	112	112	112
Solomon Islands	999	111	988	—
Somalia	888	999	555	—
South Africa	10111	10177	10177	112
South Korea	112	119	119	112
South Sudan	—	—	—	—
Spain	091	061	080	112
Sri Lanka	118/119	1990	111	—
Sudan	999	333	777	—
Suriname	115	113	110	115
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	112	112	112	112
Sweden	112	112	112	112
Switzerland	117	144	118	112
Syria	112	110	113	—
São Tomé and Príncipe	113	—	112	—
Taiwan	110	119	119	119
Tajikistan	102	103	101	—
Tanzania	112	114	114	112
Thailand	191	1669	199	191
Timor-Leste	112	110	115	—
Togo	117	8200	118	—
Tokelau	112	112	112	112
Tonga	922	933	999	911
Trinidad and Tobago	999	811	990	—
Tunisia	197	190	198	—
Turkey	155	112	110	112
Turkmenistan	002	003	001	—
Turks and Caicos Islands	911	911	911	911
Tuvalu	911	999	000	—
Uganda	999	999	999	999
Ukraine	112	112	112	112
United Arab Emirates	999	998	997	999
United Kingdom	999	999	999	112
United States	911	911	911	911
United States Minor Outlying Islands	112	112	112	112
United States Virgin Islands	911	911	911	911
Uruguay	911	911	911	911
Uzbekistan	102	103	101	—
Vanuatu	111	115	113	—
Vatican City	112	112	112	112
Venezuela	911	911	911	911
Vietnam	113	115	114	113
Wallis and Futuna	17	15	18	112
Western Sahara	150	150	150	150
Yemen	199	191	191	—
Zambia	991 (Lusaka)	991 or 995 (Lusaka)	993 (Lusaka)	—
Zimbabwe	112	112	112	112
Åland Islands	112	112	112	112

How 112 Works

112 is the single emergency number across the European Union and works in all EU/EEA member states. Key facts:

Calls are free from any phone; whether a phone with no SIM card gets through is decided country by country
Location data is automatically transmitted to emergency services in most EU countries
Multilingual operators are available in major tourist destinations
112 is also used as a general or alternative line in many non-European countries, so it is a good fallback when you do not know the local number, though it is not guaranteed everywhere. In the United States, 911 is the number to dial.

Regional Emergency Systems

Europe

All EU countries use 112. Many also retain legacy numbers (999 in the UK, 17/15/18 in France, 110/112 in Germany).

Americas

911 is standard across the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Most Caribbean and Central American nations also use 911.

Asia-Pacific

Numbers vary widely. Japan uses 110 (police) and 119 (fire/ambulance). China uses 110/120/119. Australia uses 000 and New Zealand 111.

Middle East & Africa

Only a minority of African countries use 112 as a single general line (Burundi, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe among them); most publish separate police, ambulance and fire numbers, and some have no national line at all. Middle Eastern countries have varying systems, often with separate police and ambulance numbers.

Calling for help from the road: eCall, roaming and a working SIM

Two things decide whether a call from the roadside reaches anyone. The first is the car. Every new car model approved in the EU since 31 March 2018 carries eCall, which dials 112 automatically after a serious crash and sends the car’s position; a button on the roof console lets you trigger it by hand. Hire cars from recent model years usually have it, so look for the SOS button when you collect the car. The second is your phone. Emergency numbers are free to call, but a breakdown line, the hire company’s assistance number and the call back from the operator all need a working line, and a data-only travel eSIM may give you no phone number at all. On a dual-SIM phone, keep the home SIM switched on beside the travel one. Our guide on keeping data and calls working on a European road trip explains the plan types.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. 911 is the general emergency number in 40 of the 245 countries in this table, mainly in the Americas. Europe uses 112, and many countries use their own codes.

40 of 245 countries listed use 911 as their general emergency number, while 78 use 112.

No. Australia uses 000, New Zealand 111, the UK 999, and Japan 110 for police and 119 for fire and ambulance. Check your destination before travelling.