Flag of Burkina Faso

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Red over green with a yellow star in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Burkina Faso
UN member state name: Burkina Faso
ISO 3166-1 code: BF
Atlas Play pack: West Africa (explorer pack)

Practise the West Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

MyanmarBurkina Faso: two bands and a small yellow star. Myanmar: yellow, green and red with a large white star.
VietnamBurkina Faso: red over green. Vietnam: all red.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso (revision 1361797654) (Two horizontal bands of red and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/bf.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 9ae44f6426ce…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.