Flag of Kuwait

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

How to recognise it

Green, white and red horizontal bands with a black trapezium at the hoist.

Name in the quiz: Kuwait
UN member state name: Kuwait
ISO 3166-1 code: KW
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

United Arab EmiratesKuwait: a black trapezium at the hoist. United Arab Emirates: a red band at the hoist.
JordanJordan: black on top, a red triangle with a star. Kuwait: green on top, a black trapezium.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kuwait (revision 1374092064) (A horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side; 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/kw.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 af0bd2612255…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.