Check Default Character Sets of MySQL Databases

The query below will return the name of the database along with the default character set −

mysql> SELECT SCHEMA_NAME 'Database', default_character_set_name 'charset' FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA;
+--------------------+---------+
| Database           | Charset |
+--------------------+---------+
| information_schema | utf8    |
| gaurav             | latin1  |
| menagerie          | latin1  |
| mysql              | latin1  |
| performance_schema | utf8    |
| sample             | latin1  |
| test               | latin1  |
| tutorial           | latin1  |
+--------------------+---------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)