Eastern Africa
Ethiopia
A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with a blue disc bearing a yellow pentagram and rays at the center. The pan-African color arrangement is much older, but the current emblematic version was adopted in 1996.
Adopted
1996
Proportion
1:2
Colours
5
Colours & their meaning
Green
No official symbolism.
Yellow
No official symbolism.
Red
No official symbolism.
Blue
The blue disc is officially associated with peace.
Yellow-gold
In the central emblem, it forms the star and rays; no separate official color symbolism beyond the emblem’s meaning.
Symbols & emblems
Pentagram with rays
Officially represents the equality of nationalities and peoples and their bright future together.
Did you know?
Ethiopia’s green, yellow and red helped inspire the later pan-African color tradition because the country long remained independent during the colonial era.