How much area of the world’s land area, India share of the global species diversity is an impressive 8.1 per cent ?

4.2% 2% 2.4% 4.6%

2.4%

Although India has only 2.4 per cent of the world’s land area, its share of the global species diversity is an impressive 8.1 per cent. That is what makes our country one of the 12 mega diversity countries of the world. Nearly 45,000 species of plants and twice as many of animals have been recorded from India.