Airborne Fraction (%) year Annual 7yr_mean 1960 73.67 57.98 1961 54.40 56.40 1962 55.42 54.99 1963 48.79 57.16 1964 40.47 53.08 1965 39.41 51.53 1966 87.96 53.18 1967 45.13 56.02 1968 43.53 56.60 1969 66.95 58.12 1970 68.73 58.59 1971 44.47 57.27 1972 50.05 58.65 1973 91.25 52.58 1974 35.88 53.73 1975 53.22 57.49 1976 24.48 58.45 1977 76.73 57.22 1978 70.83 59.19 1979 56.77 56.06 1980 82.64 62.56 1981 49.66 60.49 1982 31.30 58.62 1983 69.96 58.29 1984 62.28 55.56 1985 57.71 61.15 1986 54.47 64.85 1987 63.52 61.23 1988 88.84 58.93 1989 57.14 54.21 1990 44.62 50.12 1991 46.21 48.47 1992 24.65 44.69 1993 25.83 44.84 1994 51.98 43.65 1995 62.40 49.50 1996 58.19 55.54 1997 36.31 57.07 1998 87.12 56.82 1999 66.94 56.55 2000 36.55 58.72 2001 50.23 60.69 2002 60.51 55.96 2003 73.37 54.38 2004 50.10 55.44 2005 54.01 55.70 2006 55.91 52.32 2007 43.97 49.47 2008 52.05 48.43 2009 36.86 47.18 2010 53.38 47.92 2011 42.80 47.76 2012 45.29 47.61 2013 61.11 53.03 2014 42.85 52.03 2015 50.96 53.10 2016 74.81 54.01 2017 46.41 52.66 2018 50.27 53.28 2019 51.62 52.97 2020 51.67 ******* 2021 47.23 ******* 2022 48.80 *******