Flag of Belarus

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.

How to recognise it

A wide red band over a narrower green band, with a red and white patterned strip at the hoist.

Name in the quiz: Belarus
UN member state name: Belarus
ISO 3166-1 code: BY
Atlas Play pack: Northern and Eastern Europe (explorer pack)

Practise the Northern and Eastern Europe pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

MadagascarBelarus: a patterned red and white strip, red much wider than green. Madagascar: a plain white band, equal red and green.
OmanOman: a red band with crossed swords. Belarus: a red and white pattern, then red over green.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Belarus (revision 1370593342) (An unequal horizontal bicolour of red over green in a 2:1 ratio, with a red ornamental pattern on a white vertical stripe at the hoist; proportion 1:2). 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/by.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 2e1df13c2f59…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.