Year % of land area 1990 57.40411925919774 1991 57.02430030728345 1992 56.644481355369145 1993 56.26466240345486 1994 55.88484345154057 1995 55.50502449962627 1996 55.12520554771198 1997 54.74538659579768 1998 54.365567643883395 1999 53.98574869196911 2000 53.60592974005481 2001 53.429615480441825 2002 53.25330122082884 2003 53.076986961215844 2004 52.90067270160286 2005 52.72435844198987 2006 52.54804418237688 2007 52.37172992276389 2008 52.195415663150904 2009 52.01910140353792 2010 51.84278714392493 2011 51.66647288431193 2012 51.49015862469894 2013 51.313844365085956 2014 51.13753010547296 2015 50.961215845859975 2016 50.78490158624699 2017 50.608587326634 2018 50.432273067021015 2019 50.25595880740802 2020 50.079644547795034 2021 49.90333028818205