Year % of land area 1961 35.76758022844804 1962 35.97447322312854 1963 36.19403462266393 1964 36.41825804040553 1965 36.678919058884134 1966 36.93006322947387 1967 37.191241133441316 1968 37.4391087650331 1969 37.734772289057894 1970 38.061080276821926 1971 38.30365030319082 1972 38.66793524325097 1973 39.06417425307282 1974 39.55990557638076 1975 39.90140748112513 1976 39.38482137180197 1977 39.849923806459174 1978 40.269061477589744 1979 40.52424671085041 1980 40.84775039796448 1981 41.21483474948576 1982 41.85921811426162 1983 42.55681335094844 1984 43.22443973674148 1985 44.19318973477488 1986 44.73108969060248 1987 45.30436478582677 1988 45.77588885870471 1989 46.241911178877565 1990 46.69597535161831 1991 46.87556026922749 1992 46.89560606464847 1993 46.90748156563251 1994 47.174488797434925 1995 47.24173342406493 1996 47.291645282757194 1997 48.016111412820045 1998 48.0737902471833 1999 48.30474736536722 2000 48.2932369482955 2001 48.46775755165804 2002 48.600898064112826 2003 47.73394123120903 2004 47.86774430354211 2005 47.937591205872955 2006 48.128266024864466 2007 48.27747759350521 2008 48.38388559251596 2009 48.48772466071825 2010 48.49623744754417 2011 48.53926396383248 2012 48.52457875633371 2013 48.53767790273617 2014 48.50012547514606 2015 48.6069423752937 2016 48.6796722119088 2017 48.87653139986899 2018 48.86492278113158 2019 48.84783622443094 2020 48.83624587321396 2021 48.82538262974743