Geuest

Middle Africa

Republic of the Congo

A diagonal tricolour divided from the lower hoist to the upper fly into green, yellow and red. It was first adopted at independence in 1959, replaced during the Marxist period, and restored in 1991.

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Flag of Republic of the Congo

Adopted

1991

Proportion

2:3

Colours

3

Colours & their meaning

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Green

Widely taken to represent the country’s forests and agriculture.

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Yellow

Widely taken to represent friendship and nobility, and sometimes natural wealth.

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Red

Widely taken to represent the struggle for independence.

Did you know?

The Republic of the Congo briefly abandoned this Pan-African tricolour for a red flag with a socialist emblem from 1970 to 1991.