Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Madagascar

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

How to recognise it

A white vertical band at the hoist, then red over green.

Name in the quiz: Madagascar
UN member state name: Madagascar
ISO 3166-1 code: MG
Atlas Play pack: Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (explorer pack)

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Easily confused with

BeninMadagascar: white at the hoist, red over green. Benin: green at the hoist, yellow over red.
BelarusBelarus: a patterned red and white strip, red much wider than green. Madagascar: a plain white band, equal red and green.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Madagascar (revision 1380944133) (Two equal horizontal bands of red and green with a vertical white band of the same size on the hoist side; 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/mg.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 57c4ede99e14…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.