Suriname

What the source says

Referenced, awaiting primary-source review

Adopted 25 November 1975. Green represents the richness of the country's agricultural lands; white represents freedom and independence; red symbolizes progress and hope; the yellow star reflects the sacrifices endured for the Surinamese independence as well as the unity of the country and a bright future.

(r1) Flag of Suriname (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

Green(r1) #377E3F
The richness of the country's agricultural lands(r1)
White(r1) #FFFFFF
Freedom and independence(r1)
Red(r1) #B40A2D
Progress and hope(r1)
Yellow(r1) #ECC81D
The star: the sacrifices for independence, the unity of the country, and a bright future(r1)

Symbolism and history(r1)

A large yellow star, reflecting the sacrifices for independence and the unity of the country, centers a green-white-red-white-green horizontal band sequence, adopted at independence from the Netherlands in 1975.

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 Suriname (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 Suriname on Wikipedia