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Provincial Forest Cover Percentage (NSO / Royal Forest Department source)

สัดส่วนพื้นที่ป่าไม้ของจังหวัด (แหล่งข้อมูล สำนักงานสถิติแห่งชาติ / กรมป่าไม้)

AS OF 31 DEC 2024 % Weight 0.5

Source

Royal Forest Department (RFD), via National Statistical Office (NSO)

Thai government register of gazetted forest area, published annually in the National Statistical Office Yearbook. Refresh: annual.

Goalposts

The 0-to-100 score for this indicator is normalized against fixed methodology goalposts. The values below define the band; click through to the methodology page for the framework that anchors them.

Score 100
70 %
Score 0
5 %
Direction
Higher is better
Anchor
Fitted to the Thai provincial distribution

Goalposts of 5 percent and 70 percent are fitted to the observed RFD provincial distribution. Median provincial forest cover sits at 17.6 percent and the 90th percentile at 57.5 percent, so the 5/70 band spreads the realistic Thai distribution across the full scoring range. The same goalpost pair is used for the Hansen tree-canopy companion indicator so audiences can compare the two scores directly. Divergence between the two is informative, not noise.

Live distribution: 2 of 77 provinces clip at the score-100 ceiling ; 13 of 77 clip at the score-0 floor.

Which Thai province leads on Provincial Forest Cover Percentage (NSO / Royal Forest Department source)?

2 Thai provinces share the maximum TLI score of 100/100 on Provincial Forest Cover Percentage (NSO / Royal Forest Department source); the strongest by raw value are Mae Hong Son , and Tak (raw values from 71.2 to 83.29 %). The bottom of the distribution is Pathum Thani (0 %, score 0/100).

Coverage

77 of 77 Thai provinces. Median score: 19.4. Each province's score is normalized 0–100 against fixed goalposts; a higher score is more favorable.

Reading the columns. Raw value the actual measurement in %. Score normalized 0–100 against fixed methodology goalposts (not a percentile). Higher is better. Why ties? 2 provinces share the score-100 ceiling because their raw values meet or exceed the upper goalpost. 13 share the score-0 floor at the lower goalpost. Provinces beyond the goalposts aren't separated further — that's the trade-off for fixed, year-over-year comparable scoring instead of percentiles.

Top scorers

Rank Province Raw value (%) Score
1 Mae Hong Son 83.29 100
2 Tak 71.2 100
3 Lampang 69.55 99.3
4 Chiang Mai 68.11 97.1
5 Phrae 64.8 92

Lowest scorers

Rank Province Raw value (%) Score
77 Pathum Thani 0 0
76 Nonthaburi 0 0
75 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 0.002 0
74 Ang Thong 0.01 0
73 Sing Buri 0.06 0
Show all 77 provinces ranked Sorted highest to lowest score
Rank Province Raw value (%) Score
1 Mae Hong Son 83.29 100
2 Tak 71.2 100
3 Lampang 69.55 99.3
4 Chiang Mai 68.11 97.1
5 Phrae 64.8 92
6 Kanchanaburi 61.72 87.3
7 Nan 61.16 86.4
8 Lamphun 57.54 80.8
9 Phetchaburi 57.53 80.8
10 Uttaradit 55.81 78.2
11 Ranong 53.5 74.6
12 Phayao 51.59 71.7
13 Uthai Thani 51.43 71.4
14 Satun 40.21 54.2
15 Chiang Rai 39.28 52.7
16 Prachuap Khiri Khan 38.91 52.2
17 Phitsanulok 37.38 49.8
18 Phetchabun 32.98 43
19 Ratchaburi 32.85 42.8
20 Mukdahan 32.76 42.7
21 Yala 32.48 42.3
22 Phangnga 32.32 42
23 Loei 32.17 41.8
24 Chanthaburi 32.11 41.7
25 Chaiyaphum 31.53 40.8
26 Trat 30.93 39.9
27 Nakhon Nayok 29.99 38.4
28 Sukhothai 29.39 37.5
29 Surat Thani 28.72 36.5
30 Prachin Buri 28.58 36.3
31 Narathiwat 26.64 33.3
32 Saraburi 24.33 29.7
33 Kamphaeng Phet 23.45 28.4
34 Trang 23.09 27.8
35 Sa Kaeo 22.03 26.2
36 Chumphon 21.53 25.4
37 Phuket 20.04 23.1
38 Nakhon Si Thammarat 18.37 20.6
39 Ubon Ratchathani 17.64 19.4
40 Krabi 17.12 18.6
41 Sakon Nakhon 16.91 18.3
42 Phatthalung 16.25 17.3
43 Nakhon Ratchasima 15.58 16.3
44 Chachoengsao 15.49 16.1
45 Lopburi 15.22 15.7
46 Nakhon Phanom 13.11 12.5
47 Chon Buri 12.1 10.9
48 Nong Bua Lam Phu 11.71 10.3
49 Suphan Buri 11.68 10.3
50 Khon Kaen 11.49 10
51 Si Sa Ket 11.4 9.8
52 Songkhla 11.27 9.6
53 Kalasin 10.94 9.1
54 Nakhon Sawan 9.77 7.3
55 Udon Thani 9.7 7.2
56 Amnat Charoen 8.97 6.1
57 Buri Ram 8.79 5.8
58 Surin 8.48 5.4
59 Rayong 8.13 4.8
60 Yasothon 8.09 4.8
61 Bueng Kan 7.11 3.2
62 Samut Songkhram 7.01 3.1
63 Nong Khai 6.88 2.9
64 Pattani 6.07 1.6
65 Roi Et 4.45 0
66 Samut Sakhon 4.14 0
67 Maha Sarakham 3.75 0
68 Samut Prakan 2.83 0
69 Chai Nat 2.59 0
70 Phichit 0.45 0
71 Nakhon Pathom 0.42 0
72 Bangkok 0.37 0
73 Sing Buri 0.06 0
74 Ang Thong 0.01 0
75 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 0.002 0
76 Nonthaburi 0 0
77 Pathum Thani 0 0

Methodology

See the methodology page for the full TLI scoring approach, including how this indicator's category Environment & Climate combines with the other six categories via geometric mean.

Cite as: "Provincial Forest Cover Percentage (NSO / Royal Forest Department source)." Thailand Livability Index, 2026. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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