- Capital
- Kingstown
- Continent
- North America
- Flag adopted
- 1985(r1)
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewFormally adopted by the government on 12 October 1985. The blue epitomises the sky and the sea; gold [is] the colour of the islands' sand, the sunshine, and the "bright spirit" of the islanders; green symbolises the country's plentiful vegetation, as well as the vitality of Vincentians. The three diamonds evoke the nicknames of Saint Vincent as the "Gems of the Antilles" [...] their arrangement in the shape of the letter V is a subtle allusion to [...] "Vincent."
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
Symbolism and history(r1)
Three green diamonds - evoking Saint Vincent's nickname "the Gems of the Antilles" - arranged in the shape of the letter V for Vincent, in the center of a blue-gold-green tricolor.
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”.
- Guinea74
the same vertical band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Mali73
the same vertical band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Senegal73
the same vertical band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Benin71
the same vertical band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Cameroon70
the same vertical band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Holy See60
the same vertical band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Wikipedia