Year % of land area 1990 53.30961433716386 1991 53.037975023482 1992 52.76633570980014 1993 52.49469639611828 1994 52.22305708243642 1995 51.95141776875456 1996 51.67977845507269 1997 51.40813914139084 1998 51.20916483669567 1999 50.93713952332208 2000 50.665114209948484 2001 50.389138284736234 2002 50.11568787141609 2003 49.83967316946699 2004 49.563658742964876 2005 49.28759540571616 2006 49.01163071629992 2007 48.735617116136254 2008 48.4596279713463 2009 48.18363882655635 2010 47.90764968176639 2011 47.761159189935356 2012 47.61736651985988 2013 47.478818097802545 2014 47.335490045980016 2015 47.1909784911788 2016 47.04286407214674 2017 46.87071558746679 2018 46.75486776273044 2019 46.63174952681631 2020 46.51281370019195 2021 46.389877843824394