Western Australia is the second largest country subdivision in the world. It contains no fewer than 1224 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 170,610 km² (land area: 159,151 km² – 6.30% of the state’s area). Ninety-eight of these are National Parks, totalling 56,680.65 km² (2.14% of the state’s area).
As of 2014, the following 58 conservation parks are listed as part of the National Reserve System with a total area of 8,478 square kilometres (3,273 sq mi).