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Iraq power grid

OverWatts maps 5,765 km of Iraq's electricity transmission network across 295 line segments and 22 substations, the 49th most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is extra-high voltage (380–764 kV), carrying 5,765 km — 100% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 400 kV. That works out to 13.2 km per 1,000 km² of land — partial OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 44% of mapped countries. It is connected to 3 neighbouring grids by 2,200 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity, with a further 1,500 MW planned.

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5,765 km
Mapped transmission line
22
Substations
#49
of 153 mapped grids
2.2 GW
cross-border · 3 neighbours
400 kV
Highest voltage

OpenStreetMap coverage

Partial13.2 km / 1,000 km²ahead of 44% of 153 mapped countries

This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Iraq'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. 3% of segments carry a real line name and 1% an operator tag.

Mapped line length by voltage

295 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 Iraq

2.2 GW existing · 1.5 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

49.2 GW
Operating generation
262
km of line per substation
13.2
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 Iraq's network

Segment counts from OSM `operator` tags, merged across spellings. Present on 1% of segments — this ranks who is recorded, not market share.

How Iraq compares · mapped grid by country

Frequently asked

How big is Iraq's transmission network?
OverWatts maps 5,765 km of transmission line in Iraq, across 295 segments, plus 22 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 Iraq's grid?
Most of the mapped network is extra-high voltage (380–764 kV): 5,765 km of 5,765 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 400 kV.
How complete is the grid map for Iraq?
Partial — 13.2 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 44% 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 Iraq?
MOE, NEPCO;Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, TAVANIR;Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and 1 others are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 1% of Iraq's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
What interconnectors connect Iraq to its neighbours?
2,200 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Iran, Turkey, Syria, plus 1,500 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Elsewhere in Iraq

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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.