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Flag Malawi, in 36 editions.
The entry for Malawi published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band;
- similar to the flag of Afghanistan which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the flag of Afghanistan which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band;
- similar to the flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant,
rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the flag of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed
on the hoist side of the black and red bands
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band;
- similar to the flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant,
radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the
flag ofsuperimposed
superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band;
- similar to the flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a
a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the
flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms
superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with
with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band; similar to the band
flag of Afghanistan, which is longer and has the national coat of arms
superimposed on the hoist side of the black and red bands
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red,
and green
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red,
red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black
band
The same text in 10 editions, 2000 to 2009.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band
three equal horizontal bands of black (top),
The same text in 2010 and 2011.
Published as “Flag description”
- three equal horizontal bands of red (top), black, and green;
- a white sun disc is centered on the black band, its surrounding 45 white rays extend partially into the red and green bands;
- black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature;
- the sun represents Malawi's economic progress since attaining independence
Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), black, and green; a white sun disc is centered on the black band, its surrounding 45 white rays extend partially into the red and green bands; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the sun represents Malawi's economic progress since attaining independence
The same text in 13 editions, 2012 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band;
- black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature;
- the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa
three equal horizontal bands of red black (top), black, red, and green; green with a white radiant, rising, red sun disc is centered on the black band, its surrounding 45 white rays extend partially into the red and green bands; band; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the rising sun represents Malawi's economic progress since attaining independence the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa
- description:
- three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green, with a rising red sun centered on the black band
- meaning:
- black stands for ethnic groups, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, and green for nature;
- the sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa
description: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green green, with a radiant, rising, rising red sun centered on the black band; band
meaning: black represents the native peoples, stands for ethnic groups, red for the blood shed in their the struggle for freedom, and green the color of for nature; the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Malawi: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/malawi/flag.