Year % of land area 1990 53.35984491830518 1991 53.11029908612572 1992 52.86075325394628 1993 52.611207421766814 1994 52.36166158958737 1995 52.11211575740793 1996 51.86256992522846 1997 51.61302409304902 1998 51.36347826086956 1999 51.11393242869011 2000 50.86438659651067 2001 50.67834579525524 2002 50.49230499399982 2003 50.306264192744386 2004 50.12022339148897 2005 49.93418259023355 2006 49.748141788978124 2007 49.562100987722694 2008 49.37606018646727 2009 49.190019385211855 2010 49.003978583956425 2011 48.80850364626604 2012 48.61302870857565 2013 48.417553770885256 2014 48.22207883319487 2015 48.02660389550448 2016 47.771328348564566 2017 47.53274254592449 2018 47.312138835041075 2019 47.10953567802086 2020 46.92491461275731 2021 46.72830545555247