Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Malawi

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

How to recognise it

Black, red and green horizontal bands with a red rising sun on the black.

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

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Easily confused with

KenyaMalawi: a red rising sun on the black. Kenya: a shield and spears and thin white stripes.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Malawi (revision 1373762726) (A horizontal triband of black, red and green; charged with a red rising sun with 31 rays centred on the black stripe; 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/mw.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 13e3523743eb…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.