Flag of Rwanda

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

How to recognise it

A wide light blue band over yellow and green, with a gold sun in the top fly corner.

Name in the quiz: Rwanda
UN member state name: Rwanda
ISO 3166-1 code: RW
Atlas Play pack: Central Africa (explorer pack)

Practise the Central Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

GabonGabon: green on top, three equal bands. Rwanda: a wide blue band on top with a gold sun.
UkraineRwanda: blue, yellow, green and a gold sun. Ukraine: blue over yellow only.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Rwanda (revision 1373762845) (A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a golden sun in the upper fly-side corner; 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/rw.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 14ba902dda38…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.