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Flag Eritrea, in 33 editions.

The entry for Eritrea published Flag in 33 editions of 33, from 1993 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
9
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1993 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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2016 edition

Same as 2015

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The same text in 10 editions, 2015 to 2024.

Published as “Flag description”

  • red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles;
  • the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue;
  • a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle;
  • green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red signifies the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea;
  • the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on the first flag of Eritrea from 1952;
  • the shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country

note: one of several flags where a prominent component of the design reflects the shape of the country; other such flags are those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu

red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red signifies the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea; the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on the first flag of Eritrea from 1952; the shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country
note: one of several flags where a prominent component of the design reflects the shape of the country; other such flags are those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Eritrea: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1993–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/eritrea/flag.

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