Flag of Gambia

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

How to recognise it

Red, blue and green horizontal bands, with thin white stripes either side of the blue.

Name in the quiz: Gambia
Also called: The Gambia
UN member state name: Gambia (Republic of The)
ISO 3166-1 code: GM
Atlas Play pack: West Africa (explorer pack)

Practise the West Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

BotswanaGambia: red, blue, green. Botswana: light blue with a black band.
Sierra LeoneGambia: red on top and thin white stripes. Sierra Leone: green, white, blue in equal bands.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Gambia (revision 1375189505) (A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and green; each band of colour is separated by a narrow band of white; 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/gm.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 c7d53ee7dd70…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.