Mali Flag

How to identify it

Plain green, yellow and red vertical bands. Senegal uses the same order but adds a green star to the yellow band.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The flag originated with the Mali Federation in 1959; the central black figure was removed in March 1961.

History of the design

Its green-yellow-red order is the reverse of Guinea’s red-yellow-green tricolour.

Similar flags

Compare the details that separate these designs.

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  Guinea

  Guinea reverses Mali's band order: red is next to the flagpole instead of green.

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  Senegal

  Senegal uses the same green-yellow-red order but adds a green star to the centre band; Mali is plain.

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