United States Russia Germany Mexico Indonesia Brazil France United Kingdom Canada Ukraine Japan Spain Poland Philippines Italy Australia Chile Hungary Belarus Argentina Singapore Thailand Czech Republic India South Africa Netherlands China Portugal Belgium Malaysia Colombia South Korea Israel Peru Austria Slovakia Greece Switzerland Venezuela Romania Guatemala Bolivia Sweden Turkey Ecuador Taiwan Bulgaria Serbia El Salvador Hong Kong New Zealand Myanmar Costa Rica Croatia Iran Ireland Egypt Finland Norway Kazakhstan Lithuania Honduras Denmark Estonia Puerto Rico Latvia United Arab Emirates Nicaragua Uruguay Bangladesh Panama Nepal Paraguay Brunei Darussalam Cuba Nigeria Slovenia Morocco Madagascar Moldova Luxembourg Vietnam Dominican Republic Algeria Uzbekistan Pakistan Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina Kenya Trinidad and Tobago Mozambique Cyprus Zambia Syria Kuwait Iceland Mauritius Kyrgyzstan Reunion Jersey Angola Papua New Guinea Lebanon Azerbaijan Albania Laos Macao Armenia Zimbabwe Bahrain Guyana Malta Tunisia North Macedonia Jordan Guam Jamaica Qatar Cabo Verde Senegal Timor-Leste Namibia Oman Turkmenistan Iraq Liechtenstein Belize Suriname Botswana Montenegro Libya Greenland Mongolia Cayman Islands Seychelles Gabon Ethiopia Bahamas Cambodia Fiji Aruba Isle of Man Ghana French Polynesia Cameroon Barbados Malawi Guernsey Sudan Uganda Maldives Palestinian Territory Curacao Tanzania Solomon Islands Cote D'Ivoire Andorra San Marino Monaco French Guiana United States Minor Outlying Islands Guadeloupe Martinique Tajikistan Saint Lucia Afghanistan U.S. Virgin Islands Yemen Rwanda Bhutan New Caledonia Kiribati Kosovo Bermuda Northern Mariana Islands Antigua and Barbuda Eswatini Niger Mali Dominica Democratic Republic of the Congo Lesotho Grenada Gibraltar Mayotte Haiti British Virgin Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten South Sudan Faroe Islands Somalia Falkland Islands Togo Republic of the Congo Benin Saint Kitts and Nevis Equatorial Guinea Liberia Saint Martin Djibouti Burkina Faso Vanuatu Gambia Caribbean Netherlands Aland Islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon Mauritania Turks and Caicos Islands Marshall Islands Guinea Sierra Leone Anguilla American Samoa Vatican City Samoa Burundi Palau Wallis and Futuna Comoros Saint Helena Chad Sao Tome and Principe Cook Islands British Indian Ocean Territory Netherlands Antilles Eritrea Christmas Island Central African Republic Saint Barthelemy Costa Rica Flag Meaning & Details 29,379 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