Year % of land area 1961 50.57537488104118 1962 50.50489981738213 1963 50.468890660768025 1964 50.4380256693845 1965 50.40201651277039 1966 50.368579438771576 1967 50.32999819954217 1968 50.293989042928054 1969 50.26312405154454 1970 50.22505722883819 1971 49.86650891226626 1972 49.97556521515471 1973 50.10416934591939 1974 50.181846240901265 1975 50.181846240901265 1976 50.181846240901265 1977 50.20756706705419 1978 50.51467373132025 1979 50.4117904267085 1980 50.505414233905185 1981 50.520846729596954 1982 50.574860464518125 1983 51.96635715939196 1984 51.972015741145604 1985 52.077213920111106 1986 52.18292651559968 1987 52.7534144396718 1988 53.01113711772422 1989 53.525039224259885 1990 54.09141181614754 1991 54.607371588775436 1992 54.61920316880578 1993 54.62074641837496 1994 54.62589058360554 1995 54.628462666220834 1996 54.687620566372594 1997 54.687620566372594 1998 54.69533681421848 1999 54.69585123074153 2000 54.697908896833766 2001 54.81108053190668 2002 54.81108053190668 2003 54.81108053190668 2004 54.82136886236786 2005 54.82136886236786 2006 54.82136886236786 2007 54.88824301036549 2008 53.16751974073407 2009 52.82131742071555 2010 52.371202963039174 2011 52.121710949355695 2012 51.70503356567813 2013 51.17724221301988 2014 50.79760281900254 2015 50.76262249543455 2016 50.58669204454848 2017 49.87062424445073 2018 49.64942513953548 2019 49.4385143650814 2020 49.969392216878006 2021 49.9632192186013