Flag of Costa Rica

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 3:5. Shown as the civil flag; the state flag adds the coat of arms on a white oval.

How to recognise it

Five horizontal stripes: blue, white, a double-width red, white, blue.

Name in the quiz: Costa Rica
UN member state name: Costa Rica
ISO 3166-1 code: CR
Atlas Play pack: North America and the Caribbean

Practise the North America and the Caribbean pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

ThailandFive horizontal red, white and blue stripes with a double-width middle: the colour order is swapped.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Costa_Rica (Five horizontal bands of blue, white and red (double width); proportion 3:5). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/cr.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 103a25d87e5f…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.