Russia Ukraine Poland Germany United States Czech Republic Belarus France Romania Hungary Slovakia Italy Bulgaria United Kingdom China Spain Netherlands Israel Greece Latvia Estonia Lithuania Brazil Serbia Belgium Moldova Japan Kazakhstan Switzerland Canada Sweden Austria Denmark Portugal India Egypt Georgia Slovenia Taiwan Turkey Armenia Mexico Colombia Argentina Thailand Norway Finland Vietnam Croatia Azerbaijan Peru South Korea Indonesia Singapore Ireland Algeria Iraq Philippines Jordan Cyprus Australia Hong Kong Chile Kyrgyzstan North Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Pakistan South Africa Luxembourg Sri Lanka Ecuador Venezuela Morocco Bangladesh Tunisia Uzbekistan Malaysia Syria Albania New Zealand Guatemala Malta Dominican Republic Costa Rica Lebanon Bolivia Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Panama Palestinian Territory Uruguay Mongolia Ghana Nepal Montenegro Iceland Nigeria Puerto Rico Nicaragua Tajikistan Cuba Cote D'Ivoire Cambodia Kenya Angola Reunion El Salvador Honduras Yemen Myanmar Cameroon Ethiopia French Polynesia United Arab Emirates Laos Mauritius Democratic Republic of the Congo Kosovo Guyana Libya Brunei Darussalam Antigua and Barbuda Kuwait Turkmenistan Jamaica Mozambique Iran Faroe Islands Liechtenstein Zimbabwe Sudan Macao Namibia Madagascar Isle of Man Bahamas Guinea Guadeloupe Seychelles Andorra Senegal Saudi Arabia Martinique Barbados New Caledonia Jersey Afghanistan French Guiana Uganda Suriname Tanzania Zambia Saint Lucia Guernsey Mauritania Maldives Benin Aland Islands Qatar Burkina Faso Gabon Greenland Monaco Malawi Fiji San Marino Djibouti Togo Oman Rwanda Republic of the Congo U.S. Virgin Islands Haiti Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Guinea-Bissau Niger Equatorial Guinea Gambia Cayman Islands Botswana Mali Curacao Saint Pierre and Miquelon Belize Sao Tome and Principe Cabo Verde Comoros Bhutan British Virgin Islands Somalia Lesotho Guam Burundi Liberia Papua New Guinea Eritrea Vatican City Christmas Island Sierra Leone Cocos (Keeling) Islands Aruba Saint Martin Gibraltar Bahrain Norfolk Island Timor-Leste North Korea Kiribati Niue Montserrat Eswatini Mayotte Central African Republic Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Saint Helena Falkland Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla Dominica American Samoa Pitcairn Islands Nauru Samoa Palau Northern Mariana Islands Saint Barthelemy Caribbean Netherlands Grenada South Sudan Micronesia United States Minor Outlying Islands Cook Islands Marshall Islands Costa Rica Flag Meaning & Details 465 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