Flag of Niger

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 6:7, by convention.

How to recognise it

Orange, white and green horizontal bands with an orange disc in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Niger
UN member state name: Niger
ISO 3166-1 code: NE
Atlas Play pack: West Africa (explorer pack)

Practise the West Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: upright bands. Niger: flat bands with an orange disc.
IrelandIreland: upright bands. Niger: flat bands with an orange disc in the middle.
IndiaIndia: a blue wheel in the middle. Niger: an orange disc, and the flag is almost square.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Niger (revision 1373976469) (A horizontal tricolour of orange, white, and green; charged with an orange circle in the centre; proportion 6:7). 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/ne.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 b3db02bf1fbd…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.