Forest Cover as % of Geographical Area

Share of a state's land area under forest cover as assessed by satellite imagery. Critical for biodiversity and climate resilience.

%Source: FSI ISFR ↗Data year: 2021↑ Higher is betterWeight: 1x

State Rankings — Forest Cover as % of Geographical Area

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#	State / UT	Value	Score	Tier
1	Lakshadweep(UT)	91.3%	100.0	Champion
2	Mizoram	85.3%	97.8	Champion
3	Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT)	81.6%	93.4	Champion
4	Arunachal Pradesh	78.7%	89.9	Champion
5	Meghalaya	75.7%	86.2	Champion
6	Manipur	74.3%	84.6	Champion
7	Nagaland	73.7%	83.9	Champion
8	Tripura	72.3%	82.3	Champion
9	Goa	61.2%	68.9	Contender
10	Kerala	56.8%	63.6	Contender
11	Sikkim	47.3%	52.3	Rising
12	Uttarakhand	45.4%	50.0	Rising
13	Chhattisgarh	41.3%	45.1	Rising
14	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu(UT)	37.5%	40.5	Developing
15	Assam	36.1%	38.9	Developing
16	Odisha	33.7%	36.0	Developing
17	Jharkhand	29.8%	31.3	Developing
18	Himachal Pradesh	28.0%	29.1	Developing
19	Madhya Pradesh	25.0%	25.6	Developing
20	Chandigarh(UT)	21.9%	21.9	Developing
21	Karnataka	20.5%	20.1	Developing
22	Tamil Nadu	20.3%	20.0	Developing
23	West Bengal	19.0%	18.3	Developing
24	Telangana	18.9%	18.2	Developing
25	Andhra Pradesh	18.5%	17.7	Developing
26	Maharashtra	16.5%	15.4	Developing
27	Delhi(UT)	13.2%	11.4	Developing
28	Jammu & Kashmir(UT)	10.6%	8.3	Developing
29	Ladakh(UT)	10.6%	8.3	Developing
30	Puducherry(UT)	9.0%	6.4	Developing
31	Bihar	8.0%	5.2	Developing
32	Gujarat	7.7%	4.8	Developing
33	Uttar Pradesh	6.2%	3.1	Developing
34	Rajasthan	4.8%	1.4	Developing
35	Punjab	3.7%	0.0	Developing
36	Haryana	3.6%	0.0	Developing