24 Green & White Flags from Across the Globe

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1 Nigeria

2 Pakistan

3 Saudi Arabia

4 Algeria

5 Norfolk Island, Australia

6 Andalusia, Spain

7 Rotterdam, Netherlands

8 Kurgan, Russia

9 Lombardy, Italy

10 Wiltshire, England

11 Toyko, Japan

12 Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

13 Siberia

14 Saxony, Germany

15 Antioquia Department, Colombia

16 Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador

17 Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

18 Chilliwack, British Columbia (Canada)

19 Estinnes, Belgium

20 Probištip, North Macedonia

21 Avinurme, Estonia

22 Belo Jardim & Palmeira das Missões, Brazil

23 Salinas, Puerto Rico

24 Esperanto Flag

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Co-authored by Ryan Jares and Jennifer Vasquez, BA, MA

Last Updated: April 3, 2026 Fact Checked

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Have you ever wondered what countries have green and white flags? There are many flags from around the globe that have this color pattern. And it’s not just country flags! Many regions and smaller municipalities have adopted green and white flags, as well. In this article, we'll provide green and white flags from around the world and their meanings, with insights from a geography and flag content expert and global flag experts. Read on to learn more!

Which countries have green and white flags?

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Nigeria, Pakistan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia are the only four countries in the world with green and white flags. Other smaller cities and towns with green and white flags include Norfolk Island, Andalusia, Rotterdam, Lombardy, Wiltshire, and Siberia.

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Nigeria

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   The Nigerian flag has three vertical stripes of green, white, and green. It was created in 1959 by 23-year-old student Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi. He entered a competition for the best Nigerian flag, and his design won. Green represents the country’s wealth and resources, while white stands for peace and unity.

   • Geography, flags, and global travel content expert Ryan Jares explains that African countries often use white in their flags to signify unity since there are so many different countries there.
   • According to global flag expert Haitham Kuraishi, green generally represents nature or agriculture for many flags (country, region, or province), while white generally represents hope, peace, or light.

   Meet the wikiHow Experts

   Ryan Jares is a geography, flags, and global travel content creator based in North Carolina, with 120k followers on TikTok and 28k followers on Instagram.

   Haitham Kuraishi is a historian and global flag expert who creates content on topics like maps, travel, and geography for his more than 182K TikTok followers.

   Thanos Sekeris is a global flag expert who goes by FlagFluencer online. He shares his passion for flags on his blog and on Instagram.
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Pakistan

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   The flag of Pakistan is white and green with a crescent moon and star. It’s inspired by the Muslim League Flag, but a white stripe was added at the hoist when Pakistan became independent from India in 1947. The white refers to all the minority religious groups in the country. Green stands for prosperity, the moon for progress, and the star for enlightenment.

   • Kuraishi highlights that green symbolizes the Islamic faith for Muslim-majority countries.

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Saudi Arabia

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   The flag of Saudi Arabia is green with a sabre and Arabic inscription in white. The inscription is the Muslim profession of faith, which translates to “There is no god but God; Muhammad is the prophet of God.” The sabre signifies their disciplined faith. While there are other flags that have writing, the Saudi flag is the only one that has an inscription that is central to the design.
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Algeria

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   The Algerian flag is half white and green with a red crescent and star. It’s believed Algerian leader Emir Abdelkader is responsible for the design. It’s said he created it when he started a resistance movement after the French invaded the regency of Algiers in the 19th century. The colors and symbols are linked to Islam and Arab dynasties that ruled in Algeria and beyond.

   • Global flag expert Thanos Sekeris says the color white usually represents peace and purity, while green generally represents nature. However, in Algeria and other Muslim countries, the color green also represents Islam.

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Norfolk Island, Australia

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   Norfolk Island’s flag is green, white, green with a pine tree in the middle. The island is an outside territory of Australia, but is part of the country. The green on the flag symbolizes the land’s vegetation, and white indicates harmony between humans and nature. The pine tree, which is central to the flag’s design, is a native tree to Norfolk Island and is a special symbol to the people. The flag became official in January 1980.
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Andalusia, Spain

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   Andalusia’s flag has green and white horizontal stripes with a coat of arms. This region in Spain takes a lot of pride in their flag because it signifies the area’s history and cultural diversity. Green means hope and fertility, and white means purity and light. The emblem in the center shows Hercules holding two pillars, which represent the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. It’s meant to designate Andalusia as a gateway between Africa and Europe.

   • There are two other areas in Spain with green and white flags. One is Guixers, which has a green flag with six white triangles. The other is Senan whose flag is green with a white crescent and fleur-de-lys design in the middle.

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

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   The Rotterdam flag has green, white, green horizontal stripes. The green shade refers to the 14th-century Rotterdam castle called Hof van Wena. The white symbolizes the Rotte River. The overall color scheme dates back to the Middle Ages, but the number of stripes has changed. There used to be as many as eleven stripes. The current flag became official in 1949.
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Kurgan, Russia

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   The Kurgan flag is white and green with two mounds in the center. Kurgan is a region in Russia and adopted their flag in 1997. The white stripes signify innocence and peace, and the green signifies hope and the area’s natural beauty. “Kurgan” translates to “mounds,” and the two mounds on the flag represent the historical mounds found in the region.

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Lombardy, Italy

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   The Lombardy flag is green with a white rose in the middle. The white rose is known as Rosa Camuna and is a symbol that’s over 2,000 years old. It was chosen because it’s unique to the region’s prehistoric roots. The green represents Po Valley, an important plain in this region.
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Wiltshire, England

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   The Wiltshire flag is mainly green and white with a gold emblem. The symbol in the middle is of a type of large bird called the great bustard (Otis tarda). The outer rim of the circle has six green and white sections, which refer to the stone circles of Stonehenge and the nearby counties. The green and white stripes on the flag’s background represent the area’s green fields and its chalk landscape. The flag is a symbol of the community’s pride in their English county.

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Toyko, Japan

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   The Tokyo Metropolitan Government flag is white with a green emblem. It differs from the Tokyo Metropolis flag, and each is used for different purposes. The green symbol is in the shape of a “T” to signify the city, Tokyo. The white background refers to Tokyo’s growth and prosperity. This flag is usually used for informal gatherings, like sports events.

   • There are several other prefectures in Japan that have green and white flags. They include Aomori, Gifu, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Kobe, Mie, Miyagi, Tochigi, Toyama.
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Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

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   The Santa Cruz Department has a green, white, green horizontal striped flag. This region in Bolivia officially adopted their flag in 1864. The green represents vegetation and hope, while the white represents purity and nobility.

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Siberia

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   The Siberian flag has two diagonal bands of white and green. The flag has never been made official, but it’s recognized in the region and accepted by Russia. The white shade represents the snow that covers the area, and the green pays tribute to Siberia’s taiga (forests).
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Saxony, Germany

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   Saxony’s flag features one green and one white stripe with a coat of arms. The state’s current flag was made official in 1991 and is based on the civil flag that came before it. The main difference is the addition of the emblem. The green and white shades are meant to symbolize the land. The coats of arms consists of black and yellow stripes and green design that runs across and are linked to the Saxon counts of Ballenstedt.

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Antioquia Department, Colombia

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   The flag of the Antioquia Department has a green and white horizontal band. This is how it’s presented normally, but sometimes it’s featured with a coat of arms. The flag was inspired by the flag originally used by the University of Antioquia in Colombia. The coat of arms features an indigenous woman sitting at the bottom of a hill by a river between a plane tree and a palm tree. She’s wearing a cap of the French revolution. The hill stands for virtue, the palm tree for triumph, the plane tree for abundance, the cap for independence, and the woman for the Antioquian race.

   • Other regions in Colombia have also adopted a green and white flag. They are Meta, Risaralda, Encino, Cesar Department.
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Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador

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   The flag of Esmeraldas is green and white with a coat of arms in the center. The meaning of the colors is similar to what they stand for on the La Unión Parish flag. White symbolizes peace and liberty, and the green symbolizes vegetation and nature. The coat of arms has a man holding a flaming torch surrounded by the sea, a cornucopia, and banana trees. It’s believed the torch represents liberty and the cornucopia represents abundance.

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Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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   The Kirkcudbrightshire flag has green and white rectangles with a cross in the center. The colors signify the checked cloth that was used by Stewards to count taxes. The cross is St. Cuthbert’s cross. The flag was designed by Philip Tibbetts and created to celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. It’s also a way for the Scottish county to show their pride.

   • The Isle of Barra in Scotland also has a green and white flag. It features a green background with a white Nordic cross on top.
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Chilliwack, British Columbia (Canada)

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   The flag of Chilliwack is green with a white Scandinavian cross. The color green stands for the region’s lush fields. There’s also a green circle with four hearts joined together. The image refers to the area being called “The Green Heart of British Columbia.” Since the city is also known as the crossroads of the Upper Fraser Valley, the cross was added.

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Estinnes, Belgium

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   Estinnes is represented by a green flag with a white cross. The cross is surrounded by six stars and another star is placed alone on the right. The flag was made official by the Municipal Council in 1998. The green and white stand for the former municipalities of Estinnes-au-Val and Estinnes-au-Mont. The cross refers to a municipal seal that has the arms of the noble Goegnies family. The stars are inspired by the abbey of Good Hope and signify the nine former municipalities.

   • Other regions in Belgium that have flags with green and white color schemes include East Flanders, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hotton, La Hulpe, and Wavre.
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Probištip, North Macedonia

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   Probištip’s flag is green and white with three emblems on the middle band. The municipality adopted its current flag in 2015. The image in the center is the coat of arms and shows a church surrounded by three mountains. There are also two sledgehammers, one on each side of the coat of arms. The sledgehammers refer to the tools used to mine for lead-zinc ore deposits in the area.

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Avinurme, Estonia

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   The flag of Avinurme is white with images of green trees and a single star. The trees are symbolic of the municipality’s huge forests. The star-shaped hexagon is inspired by the hexagon featured in the City of Tartu’s coat of arms. The six points also represent the region’s first six villages.

   • The town of Kanepi also has a green and white flag featuring a cannabis leaf. The town’s name comes from the Estonian word “kanep,” which means marijuana. In a poll conducted in 2018, it was decided to place the cannabis leaf on the city’s flag.
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Belo Jardim & Palmeira das Missões, Brazil

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   Belo Jardim and Palmeira das Missões have green and white flags. Belo Jardim’s flag is green with a white line running through it that branches off into three directions at one end. It also has a white, black, and yellow flower in the upper right-hand corner. The flag of Palmeira das Missões is white with a palm tree atop a green landscape.

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Salinas, Puerto Rico

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   The flag of Salinas is green with five triangles running across. Salina’s is a verdant, coastal town. The green stands for the lush vegetation and the white triangles symbolize the salt mounds that are common in the area.
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Esperanto Flag

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   The Esperanto flag is green with a star in a white square in the upper left-hand corner. Esperanto is not a place but an artificial language that was established in 1887. It was meant to be used as an international language. The colors have been linked to the language and the community that represents it for a long time. Green signifies hope and the five-pointed white star represents the five continents and unity.

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