Forest Cover Density by Province
Top 10 Provinces with High Density of Forest Cover							Bottom 10 Provinces with Low Density of Forest Cover
RANK	PROVINCE	FOREST COVER	LAND AREA	% DENSITY	REGION		RANK	PROVINCE	FOREST COVER	LAND AREA	% DENSITY	REGION
1	Aurora	238,776	323,954	73.71%	R03		1	Siquijor	116	27,887	0.42%	R07
2	Apayao	228,452	392,790	58.16%	CAR		2	Guimaras	406	60,457	0.67%	R06
3	Oriental Mindoro	223,203	436,472	51.14%	RO4B		3	Masbate	2,860	404,769	0.71%	R05
4	Palawan	724,176	1,489,626	48.61%	RO4B		4	La Union	3,855	149,309	2.58%	R01
5	Cagayan	424,213	904,026	46.92%	R02		5	Pampanga	5,992	218,068	2.75%	R03
6	Lanao del Sur	174,745	387,289	45.12%	ARMM		6	Cebu	16,762	509,237	3.29%	R07
7	Nueva Vizcaya	175,923	390,387	45.06%	R02		7	Maguindanao	17,268	504,760	3.42%	ARMM
8	Benguet	116,039	265,538	43.70%	CAR		8	Batangas	13,899	316,581	4.39%	R04
9	Quirino	132,443	305,720	43.32%	R02		9	Metro Manila	2,820	63,600	4.43%	NCR
10	Biliran	23,630	55,550	42.54%	R08		10	Cavite	5,737	128,755	4.46%	R04
FOREST COVER DENSITY by PROVINCE
(in hectare)
Rank	Province	Forest Cover	Land Area	% Density
	Philippines	7,168,400	29,676,046	24.16%
1	Aurora	238,776	323,954	73.71%
2	Apayao	228,452	392,790	58.16%
3	Oriental Mindoro	223,203	436,472	51.14%
4	Palawan	724,176	1,489,626	48.61%
5	Cagayan	424,213	904,026	46.92%
6	Lanao del Sur	174,745	387,289	45.12%
7	Nueva Vizcaya	175,923	390,387	45.06%
8	Benguet	116,039	265,538	43.70%
9	Quirino	132,443	305,720	43.32%
10	Biliran	23,630	55,550	42.54%
11	Eastern Samar	172,891	433,965	39.84%
12	Isabela	411,804	1,066,456	38.61%
13	Occidental Mindoro	226,351	587,985	38.50%
14	Ilocos Norte	122,425	339,934	36.01%
15	Mountain Province	75,529	209,733	36.01%
16	Aklan	64,509	181,789	35.49%
17	Samar	187,360	559,100	33.51%
18	Surigao del Sur	145,724	455,216	32.01%
19	Antique	80,272	252,201	31.83%
20	Davao Oriental	158,677	516,446	30.72%
21	Sultan Kudarat	139,376	471,480	29.56%
22	Camiguin	7,367	25,286	29.13%
23	Ifugao	73,057	251,778	29.02%
24	Bulacan	73,897	262,505	28.15%
25	Catanduanes	42,140	151,148	27.88%
26	Agusan del Sur	249,494	896,550	27.83%
27	Surigao del Norte	76,050	273,902	27.77%
28	Zambales	102,255	371,440	27.53%
29	Compostela Valley	124,560	466,693	26.69%
30	Quezon	231,190	870,660	26.55%
31	Batanes	5,462	20,928	26.10%
32	Abra	100,966	397,555	25.40%
33	Kalinga	78,277	311,974	25.09%
34	Bataan	32,205	137,291	23.46%
35	Misamis Occidental	43,880	193,932	22.63%
36	Lanao del Norte	68,625	309,204	22.19%
37	Bukidnon	172,595	829,378	20.81%
38	Agusan del Norte	52,024	259,029	20.08%
39	Davao del Norte	67,699	346,282	19.55%
40	Zamboanga City	26,677	141,470	18.86%
41	Nueva Ecija	94,651	528,433	17.91%
42	South Cotabato	80,442	457,876	17.57%
43	Rizal	22,642	130,892	17.30%
44	Sarangani	48,362	289,000	16.73%
45	Southern Leyte	28,979	173,480	16.70%
46	Tawi-Tawi	18,041	108,740	16.59%
47	Sulu	24,701	160,040	15.43%
48	Zamboanga del Norte	100,652	661,811	15.21%
49	Basilan	19,904	132,723	15.00%
50	Marinduque	13,124	95,925	13.68%
51	Tarlac	41,719	305,345	13.66%
52	Misamis Oriental	45,026	357,003	12.61%
53	North Cotabato	80,140	656,590	12.21%
54	Northern Samar	41,011	349,798	11.72%
55	Leyte	65,977	571,276	11.55%
56	Davao del Sur	70,099	637,762	10.99%
57	Camarines Sur	57,187	526,682	10.86%
58	Ilocos Sur	26,988	257,958	10.46%
59	Camarines Norte	22,007	211,249	10.42%
60	Capiz	24,637	263,317	9.36%
61	Laguna	16,205	175,973	9.21%
62	Iloilo	41,875	471,940	8.87%
63	Zamboanga del Sur	32,886	412,291	7.98%
64	Sorsogon	16,455	214,144	7.68%
65	Zamboanga Sibugay	18,581	251,439	7.39%
66	Negros Oriental	38,030	540,227	7.04%
67	Pangasinan	36,533	536,818	6.81%
68	Negros Occidental	52,815	792,607	6.66%
69	Albay	15,827	255,257	6.20%
70	Romblon	8,290	135,593	6.11%
71	Bohol	19,961	411,726	4.85%
72	Cavite	5,737	128,755	4.46%
73	Metro Manila	2,820	63,600	4.43%
74	Batangas	13,899	316,581	4.39%
75	Maguindanao	17,268	504,760	3.42%
76	Cebu	16,762	509,237	3.29%
77	Pampanga	5,992	218,068	2.75%
78	La Union	3,855	149,309	2.58%
79	Masbate	2,860	404,769	0.71%
80	Guimaras	406	60,457	0.67%
81	Siquijor	116	27,887	0.42%