Flag of Maldives

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

How to recognise it

A red field with a green rectangle in the centre holding a white crescent.

Name in the quiz: Maldives
UN member state name: Maldives
ISO 3166-1 code: MV
Atlas Play pack: Central and South Asia (explorer pack)

Practise the Central and South Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

ComorosComoros: a green triangle on four stripes. Maldives: a green box on red.
MauritaniaMaldives: a white crescent in a green box on red. Mauritania: a gold crescent and star, red stripes top and bottom.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Maldives (revision 1345752089) (A green rectangle centered on a red field; charged with a white crescent facing the fly 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/mv.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 3f5870071c92…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.