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In Australia, we have switches on our power outlets and we're taught to turn things off "at the wall" and to not leave the switch on if there's nothing plugged in to save electricity. Most countries don't have these switches, do their outlets work differently?

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In Australia, we have switches on our power outlets and we're taught to turn things off "at the wall" and to not leave the switch on if there's nothing plugged in to save electricity. Most countries don't have these switches, do their outlets work differently?	1