United States Philippines United Kingdom Canada India Australia Nigeria South Africa Kenya Ireland Italy Uganda Russia Ghana Japan Malaysia Singapore France Germany Tanzania Brazil New Zealand Indonesia Zambia Cameroon Sri Lanka Pakistan Trinidad and Tobago Thailand Malta Zimbabwe Hong Kong Vietnam Netherlands Poland Taiwan United Arab Emirates Spain China Jamaica Ukraine Mexico Fiji Myanmar South Korea Bangladesh Belgium Malawi Dominica Bahamas Austria Switzerland Namibia Romania Croatia Saudi Arabia Botswana Saint Lucia Sweden Guam Argentina Norway Israel Sierra Leone Ethiopia Turkey Colombia Czech Republic Portugal Latvia Papua New Guinea Grenada Greece Iran Mauritius Kuwait Slovakia Hungary Venezuela Liberia Egypt American Samoa Finland Belize Denmark Jordan Cote D'Ivoire Guyana Lesotho Tonga Lebanon Oman Peru Sudan Macao Qatar Micronesia Cyprus Bahrain Chile Cayman Islands Solomon Islands Slovenia Puerto Rico Barbados Rwanda Nepal Iraq South Sudan Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina Ecuador Mozambique Samoa Cambodia Estonia Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Madagascar Albania Antigua and Barbuda Gambia Bulgaria Guernsey Serbia Tunisia Costa Rica Timor-Leste Belarus Panama Caribbean Netherlands Vatican City Iceland Curacao Morocco Bermuda Sint Maarten Georgia Democratic Republic of the Congo Paraguay Kazakhstan Seychelles Guatemala Eswatini Nicaragua Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Benin Brunei Darussalam Togo Gibraltar Moldova Haiti Dominican Republic Burkina Faso Honduras Algeria Mongolia Yemen El Salvador Jersey Armenia Central African Republic Angola Saint Kitts and Nevis Libya Marshall Islands Palestinian Territory Suriname Azerbaijan Luxembourg Syria Uruguay Vanuatu Senegal Palau North Macedonia Bolivia Laos Cuba Isle of Man Gabon Afghanistan Burundi Reunion Uzbekistan Faroe Islands Aruba British Virgin Islands Somalia Turks and Caicos Islands Kyrgyzstan Kiribati Monaco Cook Islands Guinea-Bissau Djibouti Anguilla Maldives Guadeloupe Eritrea Nauru Montenegro Mali Tajikistan Equatorial Guinea Martinique British Indian Ocean Territory French Polynesia Wallis and Futuna Bhutan Republic of the Congo Montserrat Niger Liechtenstein Andorra Netherlands Antilles Kosovo New Caledonia Guinea Turkmenistan Saint Martin Saint Helena Saint Barthelemy Christmas Island French Guiana Cabo Verde Greenland Niue Tokelau San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Chad Falkland Islands Mauritania Costa Rica Flag Meaning & Details 129 VISITORS FROM HERE! Costa Rica Flag Flag Information five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double width), white, and blue, with the coat of arms in a white elliptical disk placed toward the hoist side of the red band Costa Rica retained the earlier blue-white-blue flag of Central America until 1848 when, in response to revolutionary activity in Europe, it was decided to incorporate the French colors into the national flag and a central red stripe was added today the blue color is said to stand for the sky, opportunity, and perseverance, white denotes peace, happiness, and wisdom, while red represents the blood shed for freedom, as well as the generosity and vibrancy of the people note: somewhat resembles the flag of North Korea similar to the flag of Thailand but with the blue and red colors reversed
Learn more about Costa Rica »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook