Flags / The Caribbean and Central America

Flag of Suriname

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

How to recognise it

Green, a wide red band edged in white, and green, with a yellow star in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Suriname
UN member state name: Suriname
ISO 3166-1 code: SR
Atlas Play pack: The Caribbean and Central America (explorer pack)

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Easily confused with

MyanmarSuriname: a yellow star on red between green bands. Myanmar: a white star across yellow, green and red.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Suriname (revision 1364643569) (A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red 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/sr.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 6d4de174c96f…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.