Flags / South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean

Flag of Malta

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

How to recognise it

White at the hoist and red, with a small grey cross edged in red in the top hoist corner.

Name in the quiz: Malta
UN member state name: Malta
ISO 3166-1 code: MT
Atlas Play pack: South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean (explorer pack)

Practise the South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

PeruMalta: white and red halves with a small cross in the corner. Peru: red, white, red.
PolandMalta: side by side with a small cross. Poland: one above the other, plain.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Malta (revision 1371016040) (A vertical bicolour of white and red with the representation of the George Cross edged in red on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band; 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/mt.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 b41f3e6f1c14…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.