Year % of land area 1990 55.16162669447341 1991 54.88313537984181 1992 54.60464406521021 1993 54.32615275057861 1994 54.047661435947006 1995 53.76917012131539 1996 53.49067880668379 1997 53.21218749205219 1998 52.933696177420586 1999 52.655204862788985 2000 52.37671354815738 2001 52.09493374704341 2002 51.81315394592946 2003 51.53137414481548 2004 51.249594343701524 2005 50.967814542587554 2006 50.6860347414736 2007 50.404254940359614 2008 50.12247513924566 2009 49.84069533813169 2010 49.558915537017725 2011 49.29641140415575 2012 49.03390727129378 2013 48.7714031384318 2014 48.50889900556983 2015 48.246394872707846 2016 47.850008901548875 2017 47.568096848851695 2018 47.33610722551438 2019 47.007947811490624 2020 46.72519646990004 2021 46.412173122409015