Red, white and green flags

12 countries have a red, white and green flag, with no other significant colour: Algeria, Bulgaria, Burundi, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Oman, Suriname, Tajikistan. 20 other flags also contain these colours, plus others.

How to tell them apart

  • Green dominates on the flags of Burundi, Italy, Mexico and Suriname.
  • White dominates on the flags of Algeria, Bulgaria, Iran, Madagascar and Tajikistan.
  • Red dominates on the flags of Hungary, Lebanon and Oman.

The colour covering the largest area of the flag, measured on the official design.

Red, white and green, plus other colours

Other colour combinations

red, white and bluered and whitered, green and yellowred, blue and yellowwhite and blueblue and yellowred, white, green and blackred and greenred, yellow and blackblue, green and yellowwhite, blue and greenred and yellowwhite, green and orangered, white and blackred, white, blue and greenred and bluered and blackred, white, blue and blackred, blue and greenred, white, green and yellowwhite, blue and blackred, blue, green and yellowred, green and blackwhite and greenred, green, yellow and black

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