Bolivia

What the source says

Referenced, awaiting primary-source review

Officially adopted on 31 October 1851. According to an 1888 Supreme Decree, red represents the blood shed by our heroes for the birth and preservation of the Republic; yellow represents our wealth and resources; green represents the richness of our natural areas as well as hope. According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered to be a national symbol of Bolivia.

(r1) Flag of Bolivia (Wikipedia (English)), read on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page.

Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.

Colors and meaning

Red(r1) #D52B1E
The blood shed by Bolivia's heroes for the birth and preservation of the Republic(r1)
Yellow(r1) #F9E300
The nation's wealth and resources(r1)
Green(r1) #007934
The richness of the natural areas, and hope(r1)

Symbolism and history(r1)

A red-yellow-green horizontal tricolor bears the national coat of arms on state versions, while the square rainbow-checkered Wiphala flies alongside it as a national symbol with equal official status since the 2009 constitution.

Most similar flags

The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.

Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.

References — not verification

(r1) Referenced to Flag of Bolivia (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.

Further reading: Flag of Bolivia on Wikipedia