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Rwanda · electricity network
Rwanda power grid
OverWatts maps 458 km of Rwanda's electricity transmission network across 10 line segments and 0 substations, the 132nd most-mapped grid of 153 countries. Its backbone is high voltage (220–379 kV), carrying 458 km — 100% of the mapped length, with the highest tagged voltage at 220 kV. That works out to 19.5 km per 1,000 km² of land — moderate OpenStreetMap coverage, ahead of 54% of mapped countries. It is connected to 1 neighbouring grid by 30 MW of existing cross-border transfer capacity, with a further 850 MW planned.
OpenStreetMap coverage
This grades how completely OpenStreetMap has drawn Rwanda'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 60% an operator tag.
Mapped line length by voltage
- 220–379 kV458 km 100%
10 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 Rwanda
30 MW existing · 850 MW planned · capacities from the Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0), existing as of 2023
On the interactive map
Operators tagged on Rwanda's network
Segment counts from OSM `operator` tags, merged across spellings. Present on 60% of segments — this ranks who is recorded, not market share.
How Rwanda compares · mapped grid by country
- 1. People's Republic of China624,300 km
- 130. Liberia478 km
- 131. Sierra Leone467 km
- 132. Rwanda458 km
- 133. Lebanon445 km
- 134. El Salvador426 km
Frequently asked
- How big is Rwanda's transmission network?
- OverWatts maps 458 km of transmission line in Rwanda, across 10 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 Rwanda's grid?
- Most of the mapped network is high voltage (220–379 kV): 458 km of 458 km. The highest voltage tagged anywhere in the country is 220 kV.
- How complete is the grid map for Rwanda?
- Moderate — 19.5 km of mapped line per 1,000 km² of land, ahead of 54% 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 Rwanda?
- Rwanda Energy Group (REG), Rwanda Energy Group are tagged as operators on mapped segments. Operator tags are present on 60% of Rwanda's segments, so this ranks who is *recorded*, not market share.
- What interconnectors connect Rwanda to its neighbours?
- 30 MW of cross-border transfer capacity to Burundi, plus 850 MW planned. Capacities are from the Global Transmission Database (v1.0, 2023).
Elsewhere in Rwanda
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.