How big is Afghanistan's transmission network?

OverWatts maps 1,940 km of transmission line in Afghanistan, across 61 segments, plus 0 substations. This is mapped length from OpenStreetMap, not an operator-reported total — where OSM is incomplete the figure is a floor, never a ceiling.

What voltage is Afghanistan's grid?

Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 1,302 km of 1,940 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 500 kV.

How complete is the grid map for Afghanistan?

Sparse — 3 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 11% of the 153 countries with any mapped grid. Coverage grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn the network, not how much network exists; large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone.

Who operates the grid in Afghanistan?

UzbekEnergo are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 2% of Afghanistan's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.

What interconnectors connect Afghanistan to its neighbours?

1,375 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, plus 1,325 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Afghanistan · electricity network

Afghanistan power grid

OverWatts maps 1,940 km of Afghanistan's electricity transmission network across 61 line segments and 0 substations, the 90th most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is high voltage (220–379 kV), carrying 1,302 km — 67% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 500 kV. That works out to 3 km per 1,000 km² of land — sparse OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 11% of mapped countries. It is connected to 4 neighbouring grids by 1,375 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity, with a further 1,325 MW planned.

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1,940 km

Mapped transmission line

Substations

#90

of 153 mapped grids

1.4 GW

cross-border · 4 neighbours

500 kV

Highest voltage

OpenStreetMap coverage

Sparse3 km / 1,000 km²ahead of 11% of 153 mapped countries

This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Afghanistan's network — not how much network exists. Large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone, and every kilometre here is mapped length, so the totals are a floor rather than an operator-reported figure. 0% of segments carry a real line name and 2% an operator tag.

Mapped line length by voltage

380–764 kV638 km 33%
220–379 kV1,302 km 67%

61 segments · a segment is credited to the country containing its midpoint, so a border-crossing line counts once, on one side.

Cross-border links from Afghanistan

Uzbekistan450 MW
Turkmenistan400 MW
Tajikistan350 MW
Iran175 MW
Turkmenistan1.0 GW · planned
Iran325 MW · planned

1.4 GW existing · 1.3 GW planned · capacities from the Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0), existing as of 2023

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Load against the network

205 MW

Operating generation

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km of line per substation

km per 1,000 km²

Where there is room to connect a new load depends on published hosting capacity, which most operators release only as their own map. OverWatts does not yet ingest those feeds, so these are the density measures the open data supports — generation and mapped demand against mapped network — not a headroom figure.

Operators tagged on Afghanistan's network

UzbekEnergo1 100%

Segment counts from OSM `operator` tags, merged across spellings. Present on 2% of segments — this ranks who is recorded, not market share.

How Afghanistan compares · mapped grid by country

1. People's Republic of China624,300 km
88. Senegal2,061 km
89. Taiwan2,052 km
90. Afghanistan1,940 km
91. Ireland1,923 km
92. Costa Rica1,922 km

Frequently asked

How big is Afghanistan's transmission network?: OverWatts maps 1,940 km of transmission line in Afghanistan, across 61 segments, plus 0 substations. This is mapped length from OpenStreetMap, not an operator-reported total — where OSM is incomplete the figure is a floor, never a ceiling.
What voltage is Afghanistan's grid?: Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 1,302 km of 1,940 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 500 kV.
How complete is the grid map for Afghanistan?: Sparse — 3 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 11% of the 153 countries with any mapped grid. Coverage grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn the network, not how much network exists; large, sparsely-populated countries score low for geographic reasons alone.
Who operates the grid in Afghanistan?: UzbekEnergo are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 2% of Afghanistan's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
What interconnectors connect Afghanistan to its neighbours?: 1,375 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, plus 1,325 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Elsewhere in Afghanistan

Transmission lines Substations Power plants Data centres

Network geometry: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) © OpenStreetMap contributors, ingested and measured by OverWatts · derived 2026-07-26. Counts every mapped line of 220 kV and above; the map layer draws the ≥380 kV backbone only, so it shows less than is measured here.