How big is Côte d'Ivoire's transmission network?

OverWatts maps 3,260 km of transmission line in Côte d'Ivoire, across 82 segments, plus 1 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 Côte d'Ivoire's grid?

Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 3,219 km of 3,260 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 400 kV.

How complete is the grid map for Côte d'Ivoire?

Partial — 9.8 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 35% 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 Côte d'Ivoire?

Compagnie Ivorienne d'Électricite, Transco CLSG are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 16% of Côte d'Ivoire's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.

What interconnectors connect Côte d'Ivoire to its neighbours?

393 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Ghana, Burkina Faso, plus 940 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Côte d'Ivoire · electricity network

Côte d'Ivoire power grid

OverWatts maps 3,260 km of Côte d'Ivoire's electricity transmission network across 82 line segments and 1 substations, the 71st most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is high voltage (220–379 kV), carrying 3,219 km — 99% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 400 kV. That works out to 9.8 km per 1,000 km² of land — partial OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 35% of mapped countries. It is connected to 2 neighbouring grids by 393 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity, with a further 940 MW planned.

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3,260 km

Mapped transmission line

Substations

#71

of 153 mapped grids

393 MW

cross-border · 2 neighbours

400 kV

Highest voltage

OpenStreetMap coverage

Partial9.8 km / 1,000 km²ahead of 35% of 153 mapped countries

This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Côte d'Ivoire'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 16% an operator tag.

Mapped line length by voltage

380–764 kV41 km 1%
220–379 kV3,219 km 99%

82 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 Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana280 MW
Burkina Faso113 MW
Mali690 MW · planned
Liberia250 MW · planned

393 MW existing · 940 MW 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

2.6 GW

Operating generation

3260

km of line per substation

9.8

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 Côte d'Ivoire's network

Compagnie Ivorienne d'Électricite12 92%
Transco CLSG1 8%

Segment counts from OSM `operator` tags, merged across spellings. Present on 16% of segments — this ranks who is recorded, not market share.

How Côte d'Ivoire compares · mapped grid by country

1. People's Republic of China624,300 km
69. Switzerland3,595 km
70. Serbia3,345 km
71. Ivory Coast3,260 km
72. Austria3,221 km
73. Laos3,200 km

Frequently asked

How big is Côte d'Ivoire's transmission network?: OverWatts maps 3,260 km of transmission line in Côte d'Ivoire, across 82 segments, plus 1 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 Côte d'Ivoire's grid?: Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 3,219 km of 3,260 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 400 kV.
How complete is the grid map for Côte d'Ivoire?: Partial — 9.8 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 35% 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 Côte d'Ivoire?: Compagnie Ivorienne d'Électricite, Transco CLSG are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 16% of Côte d'Ivoire's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
What interconnectors connect Côte d'Ivoire to its neighbours?: 393 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Ghana, Burkina Faso, plus 940 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Elsewhere in Côte d'Ivoire

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.