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| Forest Cover Area by Province | |||||||||||||
| Top 10 Provinces in Terms of Forest Cover Area | |||||||||||||
| RANK | PROVINCE | FOREST COVER | LAND AREA | % DENSITY | REGION | ||||||||
| 1 | Palawan | 724,176 | 1,489,626 | 48.61% | R04B | ||||||||
| 2 | Cagayan | 424,213 | 904,026 | 46.92% | R02 | ||||||||
| 3 | Isabela | 411,804 | 1,066,456 | 38.61% | R02 | ||||||||
| 4 | Agusan del Sur | 249,494 | 896,550 | 27.83% | R13 | ||||||||
| 5 | Aurora | 238,776 | 323,954 | 73.71% | R03 | ||||||||
| 6 | Quezon | 231,190 | 870,660 | 26.55% | R04A | ||||||||
| 7 | Apayao | 228,452 | 392,790 | 58.16% | CAR | ||||||||
| 8 | Occidental Mindoro | 226,351 | 587,985 | 38.50% | RO4B | ||||||||
| 9 | Oriental Mindoro | 223,203 | 436,472 | 51.14% | R04B | ||||||||
| 10 | Samar | 187,360 | 559,100 | 33.51% | R08 | ||||||||
| Bottom 10 Provinces in Terms of Forest Cover Area | |||||||||||||
| RANK | PROVINCE | FOREST COVER | LAND AREA | % DENSITY | REGION | ||||||||
| 1 | Siquijor | 116 | 27,887 | 0.42% | R07 | ||||||||
| 2 | Guimaras | 406 | 60,457 | 0.67% | R06 | ||||||||
| 3 | Metro Manila | 2,820 | 63,600 | 4.43% | NCR | ||||||||
| 4 | Masbate | 2,860 | 404,769 | 0.71% | R05 | ||||||||
| 5 | La Union | 3,855 | 149,309 | 2.58% | R01 | ||||||||
| 6 | Batanes | 5,462 | 20,928 | 26.10% | R02 | ||||||||
| 7 | Cavite | 5,737 | 128,755 | 4.46% | R04A | ||||||||
| 8 | Pampanga | 5,992 | 218,068 | 2.75% | R03 | ||||||||
| 9 | Camiguin | 7,367 | 25,286 | 29.13% | R10 | ||||||||
| 10 | Romblon | 8,290 | 135,593 | 6.11% | R04B | ||||||||
| FOREST COVER by AREA | |||||||||||||
| (in hectares) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Province | Forest Cover | Land Area | % Density | |||||||||
| Philippines | 7,168,400 | 30,000,000 | 23.89% | ||||||||||
| 1 | Palawan | 724,176 | 1,489,626 | 48.61% | |||||||||
| 2 | Cagayan | 424,213 | 904,026 | 46.92% | |||||||||
| 3 | Isabela | 411,804 | 1,066,456 | 38.61% | |||||||||
| 4 | Agusan del Sur | 249,494 | 896,550 | 27.83% | |||||||||
| 5 | Aurora | 238,776 | 323,954 | 73.71% | |||||||||
| 6 | Quezon | 231,190 | 870,660 | 26.55% | |||||||||
| 7 | Apayao | 228,452 | 392,790 | 58.16% | |||||||||
| 8 | Occidental Mindoro | 226,351 | 587,985 | 38.50% | |||||||||
| 9 | Oriental Mindoro | 223,203 | 436,472 | 51.14% | |||||||||
| 10 | Samar | 187,360 | 559,100 | 33.51% | |||||||||
| 11 | Nueva Vizcaya | 175,923 | 390,387 | 45.06% | |||||||||
| 12 | Lanao del Sur | 174,745 | 387,289 | 45.12% | |||||||||
| 13 | Eastern Samar | 172,891 | 433,965 | 39.84% | |||||||||
| 14 | Bukidnon | 172,595 | 829,378 | 20.81% | |||||||||
| 15 | Davao Oriental | 158,677 | 516,446 | 30.72% | |||||||||
| 16 | Surigao del Sur | 145,724 | 455,216 | 32.01% | |||||||||
| 17 | Sultan Kudarat | 139,376 | 471,480 | 29.56% | |||||||||
| 18 | Quirino | 132,443 | 305,720 | 43.32% | |||||||||
| 19 | Compostela Valley | 124,560 | 466,693 | 26.69% | |||||||||
| 20 | Ilocos Norte | 122,425 | 339,934 | 36.01% | |||||||||
| 21 | Benguet | 116,039 | 265,538 | 43.70% | |||||||||
| 22 | Zambales | 102,255 | 371,440 | 27.53% | |||||||||
| 23 | Abra | 100,966 | 397,555 | 25.40% | |||||||||
| 24 | Zamboanga del Norte | 100,652 | 661,811 | 15.21% | |||||||||
| 25 | Nueva Ecija | 94,651 | 528,433 | 17.91% | |||||||||
| 26 | South Cotabato | 80,442 | 457,876 | 17.57% | |||||||||
| 27 | Antique | 80,272 | 252,201 | 31.83% | |||||||||
| 28 | North Cotabato | 80,140 | 656,590 | 12.21% | |||||||||
| 29 | Kalinga | 78,277 | 311,974 | 25.09% | |||||||||
| 30 | Surigao del Norte | 76,050 | 273,902 | 27.77% | |||||||||
| 31 | Mountain Province | 75,529 | 209,733 | 36.01% | |||||||||
| 32 | Bulacan | 73,897 | 262,505 | 28.15% | |||||||||
| 33 | Ifugao | 73,057 | 251,778 | 29.02% | |||||||||
| 34 | Davao del Sur | 70,099 | 637,762 | 10.99% | |||||||||
| 35 | Lanao del Norte | 68,625 | 309,204 | 22.19% | |||||||||
| 36 | Davao del Norte | 67,699 | 346,282 | 19.55% | |||||||||
| 37 | Leyte | 65,977 | 571,276 | 11.55% | |||||||||
| 38 | Aklan | 64,509 | 181,789 | 35.49% | |||||||||
| 39 | Camarines Sur | 57,187 | 526,682 | 10.86% | |||||||||
| 40 | Negros Occidental | 52,815 | 792,607 | 6.66% | |||||||||
| 41 | Agusan del Norte | 52,024 | 259,029 | 20.08% | |||||||||
| 42 | Sarangani | 48,362 | 289,000 | 16.73% | |||||||||
| 43 | Misamis Oriental | 45,026 | 357,003 | 12.61% | |||||||||
| 44 | Misamis Occidental | 43,880 | 193,932 | 22.63% | |||||||||
| 45 | Catanduanes | 42,140 | 151,148 | 27.88% | |||||||||
| 46 | Iloilo | 41,875 | 471,940 | 8.87% | |||||||||
| 47 | Tarlac | 41,719 | 305,345 | 13.66% | |||||||||
| 48 | Northern Samar | 41,011 | 349,798 | 11.72% | |||||||||
| 49 | Negros Oriental | 38,030 | 540,227 | 7.04% | |||||||||
| 50 | Pangasinan | 36,533 | 536,818 | 6.81% | |||||||||
| 51 | Zamboanga del Sur | 32,886 | 412,291 | 7.98% | |||||||||
| 52 | Bataan | 32,205 | 137,291 | 23.46% | |||||||||
| 53 | Southern Leyte | 28,979 | 173,480 | 16.70% | |||||||||
| 54 | Ilocos Sur | 26,988 | 257,958 | 10.46% | |||||||||
| 55 | Zamboanga City | 26,677 | 141,470 | 18.86% | |||||||||
| 56 | Sulu | 24,701 | 160,040 | 15.43% | |||||||||
| 57 | Capiz | 24,637 | 263,317 | 9.36% | |||||||||
| 58 | Biliran | 23,630 | 55,550 | 42.54% | |||||||||
| 59 | Rizal | 22,642 | 130,892 | 17.30% | |||||||||
| 60 | Camarines Norte | 22,007 | 211,249 | 10.42% | |||||||||
| 61 | Bohol | 19,961 | 411,726 | 4.85% | |||||||||
| 62 | Basilan | 19,904 | 132,723 | 15.00% | |||||||||
| 63 | Zamboanga Sibugay | 18,581 | 251,439 | 7.39% | |||||||||
| 64 | Tawi-Tawi | 18,041 | 108,740 | 16.59% | |||||||||
| 65 | Maguindanao | 17,268 | 504,760 | 3.42% | |||||||||
| 66 | Cebu | 16,762 | 509,237 | 3.29% | |||||||||
| 67 | Sorsogon | 16,455 | 214,144 | 7.68% | |||||||||
| 68 | Laguna | 16,205 | 175,973 | 9.21% | |||||||||
| 69 | Albay | 15,827 | 255,257 | 6.20% | |||||||||
| 70 | Batangas | 13,899 | 316,581 | 4.39% | |||||||||
| 71 | Marinduque | 13,124 | 95,925 | 13.68% | |||||||||
| 72 | Romblon | 8,290 | 135,593 | 6.11% | |||||||||
| 73 | Camiguin | 7,367 | 25,286 | 29.13% | |||||||||
| 74 | Pampanga | 5,992 | 218,068 | 2.75% | |||||||||
| 75 | Cavite | 5,737 | 128,755 | 4.46% | |||||||||
| 76 | Batanes | 5,462 | 20,928 | 26.10% | |||||||||
| 77 | La Union | 3,855 | 149,309 | 2.58% | |||||||||
| 78 | Masbate | 2,860 | 404,769 | 0.71% | |||||||||
| 79 | Metro Manila | 2,820 | 63,600 | 4.43% | |||||||||
| 80 | Guimaras | 406 | 60,457 | 0.67% | |||||||||
| 81 | Siquijor | 116 | 27,887 | 0.42% | |||||||||