How big is Paraguay's transmission network?

OverWatts maps 4,411 km of transmission line in Paraguay, across 321 segments, plus 4 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 Paraguay's grid?

Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 3,585 km of 4,411 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 765 kV.

How complete is the grid map for Paraguay?

Partial — 11 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 40% 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 Paraguay?

ITAIPU Binacional, ANDE, Furnas Centrais Elétricas and 2 others are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 16% of Paraguay's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.

What interconnectors connect Paraguay to its neighbours?

12,071 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Brazil, Argentina, plus 270 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Paraguay · electricity network

Paraguay power grid

OverWatts maps 4,411 km of Paraguay's electricity transmission network across 321 line segments and 4 substations, the 61st most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is high voltage (220–379 kV), carrying 3,585 km — 81% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 765 kV. That works out to 11 km per 1,000 km² of land — partial OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 40% of mapped countries. It is connected to 2 neighbouring grids by 12,071 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity, with a further 270 MW planned.

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4,411 km

Mapped transmission line

Substations

#61

of 153 mapped grids

12.1 GW

cross-border · 2 neighbours

765 kV

Highest voltage

OpenStreetMap coverage

Partial11 km / 1,000 km²ahead of 40% of 153 mapped countries

This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Paraguay'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. 39% of segments carry a real line name and 16% an operator tag.

Mapped line length by voltage

≥765 kV2 km 0%
380–764 kV823 km 19%
220–379 kV3,585 km 81%
Voltage untagged1 km 0%

321 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 Paraguay

Brazil8.8 GW
Argentina3.3 GW
Argentina270 MW · planned

12.1 GW existing · 270 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

210 MW

Operating generation

1103

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 Paraguay's network

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

How Paraguay compares · mapped grid by country

1. People's Republic of China624,300 km
59. Czech Republic4,469 km
60. South Korea4,464 km
61. Paraguay4,411 km
62. Mozambique4,352 km
63. Azerbaijan4,192 km

Frequently asked

How big is Paraguay's transmission network?: OverWatts maps 4,411 km of transmission line in Paraguay, across 321 segments, plus 4 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 Paraguay's grid?: Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 3,585 km of 4,411 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 765 kV.
How complete is the grid map for Paraguay?: Partial — 11 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 40% 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 Paraguay?: ITAIPU Binacional, ANDE, Furnas Centrais Elétricas and 2 others are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 16% of Paraguay's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
What interconnectors connect Paraguay to its neighbours?: 12,071 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Brazil, Argentina, plus 270 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).

Elsewhere in Paraguay

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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.