Flag of Jordan

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

How to recognise it

Black, white and green horizontal bands with a red triangle at the hoist holding a small white seven-pointed star.

Name in the quiz: Jordan
UN member state name: Jordan
ISO 3166-1 code: JO
Atlas Play pack: The Middle East (explorer pack), Look-alikes: red, white, black and green

Practise the The Middle East pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

KuwaitJordan: black on top, a red triangle with a star. Kuwait: green on top, a black trapezium.
PalestinePalestine: a plain triangle. Jordan: a small white star in the triangle.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Jordan (revision 1378948581) (A horizontal triband of black, white and green; with a red triangle based on the hoist side containing a white seven-pointed star; 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/jo.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 be5dfbb32cf6…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.