Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean
Flag of Zimbabwe
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.
How to recognise it
Green, yellow, red and black stripes with a white triangle at the hoist holding a red star and a gold bird.
- Name in the quiz
- Zimbabwe
- UN member state name
- Zimbabwe
- ISO 3166-1 code
- ZW
- Atlas Play pack
- Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (explorer pack)
Easily confused with
MozambiqueMozambique: a red triangle with a book, hoe and rifle. Zimbabwe: a white triangle with a red star and bird.
Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: a red field and a white star on black. Zimbabwe: stripes and a red star on white.
UgandaZimbabwe: a white triangle at the hoist with a bird. Uganda: a white disc with a crane in the centre.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Zimbabwe (revision 1375284537) (Seven horizontal stripes of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green with a black-edged white isosceles triangle base on the hoist side bearing a Zimbabwe bird superimposed on a red five-pointed star; proportion 1:2). 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/zw.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 9018ebe0dbb5…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.