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You are looking for a way on how to download the power infrastructure data from OpenStreetMap? Here a different ways to get this data: 1. If you are not interested in contributing to this dataset and are simply looking to export GIS-ready data, we kindly ask you to pay a fair price for a proper data export from [OpenInfraMap](https://www.infrageomatics.com/products/osm-export). This is particularly recommended if you are unfamiliar with OpenStreetMap or if you require an export of a large country. 2. You want to use this data for energy system modelling like PyPSA-Earth, you know how to use Python and understand how to deal with large OpenStreetMap extracts. Please use [earth-osm](https://github.com/pypsa-meets-earth/earth-osm). 3. You are a contributor to OpenStreetMap, are able to filter data, and want to process this data on your machine for a small country, province, or a state? Please check out our [JOSM Starter-Kit](https://mapyourgrid.org/starter-kit/#josm-starter-kit) and you will learn how to download the data.

Global Public Available Grid Data

**A curated list of electrical grid maps, datasets, and resources for (almost) every country in the world.**

🌐 Grid Data Explorer

Two views over one interactive map - searchable by country, state or province, with one-click CSV exports.

  • Data coverage - every dataset listed below, plotted by country, state and province and coloured by type.
  • Global Transmission Length Index - how many kilometres of high-voltage line each country actually has.

Screenshot of the Grid Data Explorer showing a world map shaded by number of grid resources per country

▶ Open the Grid Data Explorer

📏 Global Transmission Length Index

Our own country-by-country research into the size of the world's transmission grid: 7.65 million km of line at 50 kV and above across 131 countries, with per-voltage breakdowns, sources and reporting years. Rank countries by total length, by 220 kV+ backbone, or by line-km per 1,000 km² of area.

Screenshot of the Global Transmission Length Index: a world map shaded by transmission line length per country, beside a ranked table of the 131 countries with data

▶ Explore the Global Transmission Length Index · full database · top 25 table · CC BY 4.0

Why we've copiled these resources

This dataset is been curated and maintained by the MapYourGrid Initiative. Get started with transmission grid mapping in OpenStreetMap by checking out our Starter Kit Tutorial and our community discord channel.

Africa

Cross-Border Projects and Resources

National-level Projects and Resources

Asia

Cross-border Projects and Resources

National-level Projects and Resources

Europe

Cross-border Projects and Resources

National-level Projects and Resources

North America

Cross-border Projects and Resources

National-level projects and resources

Oceania
South America

Cross-border Projects and Resources

National-level projects and resources

Scientific Publications

Policy

Reports and News

Communities and Initiatives

Challenges

Tutorials and Training

Mapping Coordinating

News and Community Reach

Electrical Grid Mapping : Forums and Community

Power Tags and Articles

Good Practices in Power Routing

Statistics

Quality Assurance Tools

Desktop Editors and Mapping Tools

Mobile and In-field Editors

Diaries and Blogs

Data Import

Presentation and Videos

Grid Extraction, Transformation and Integration Tools

  • PyPSA Grid Analysis - Compares the PyPSA-Eur transmission grid database as well as the PyPSA-Earth transmission grid database for a selected region of 50 Hertz in Germany.
  • earth-osm - Provides a Python API and a CLI interface to extract data for various infrastructure types, such as power lines, substations, and more.
  • powerplantmatching - Set of tools to combine multiple power plant databases.

Remote Mapping

ml-hv-grid

GridFinder

TTPLA

PGRID

A Dataset for Multi-Size Power Line Assets Detection in High-Resolution UAV Images

GridTracer

Substation detection

Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models

Grid Design Basics - Theory

Grid Design

Voltage Estimation

How many kilometres of high-voltage line does each country actually have? This is MapYourGrid's own country-by-country research: transmission lines at 50 kV and above, with per-voltage breakdowns, sources and reporting years.

Top 25 of 131 countries with data. Sheet last updated 2025-11-25.

# Country Total km (50 kV+) 220 kV+ km Year Source
1 China 2,477,000 960,970 2024
2 United States 952,267 – 2024 source
3 India 810,047 496,785 2025 source
4 Russia 509,665 – 2025
5 Brazil 189,308 189,308 2024 source
6 Japan 180,060 37,302 2023 source
7 Canada 158,322 – –
8 Germany 133,300 – 2024 source
9 Mexico 110,846 55,878 2023 source
10 France 105,575 49,763 2024 source
11 Saudi Arabia 99,793 – 2024 source
12 South Africa 83,912 32,599 2025 source
13 Australia 82,984 29,371 2024 source
14 Turkey 75,732 26,522 2024 source
15 Italy 75,251 24,999 2025 source
16 Indonesia 72,553 12,358 2024 source
17 Spain 68,460 42,705 2025 source
18 Vietnam 61,880 40,019 2023 source
19 Pakistan 61,141 23,545 –
20 Egypt 55,868 31,379 2024 source
21 Romania 52,597 12,179 2023 source
22 Kazakhstan 51,939 45,896 2025 source
23 United Kingdom 46,402 – 2025
24 Thailand 40,295 24,960 2025 source
25 Poland 39,896 17,298 2024 source
All 131 countries with data 7,653,655 2,694,508

Route- and circuit-length figures are mixed; the basis is unrecorded for most countries. Data: MapYourGrid Global Transmission Length Index, CC BY 4.0.