Loading AI tools
This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see the flag of Ethiopia.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2009–Present | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[1] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 2021–Present | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | |
 | 2009–2021 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | |
.svg) | 1996–2009 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | |
Ethiopian Navy
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) |
2019–present | War Ensign of Ethiopia | |
.svg) | 1975–1996 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | |
.svg) | 1974–1975 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | |
.svg) | 1955–1974 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | |
Ethiopian Air Force
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?-Present | Ethiopian Air Force flag |
Militias
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Kunama people | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe. | |
 | Flag of Saho people | A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton. | |
 | Flag of Kafficho people | A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. | |
| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | |||
 | 2021–Present | United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces | |
 | 2021–Present | Agew Liberation Front | |
 | 2021–present | Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | |
 | 1999–Present | Sidama National Liberation Front | [2] |
 | 1999–present | Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | |
.svg) | 1984–Present | Ogaden National Liberation Front | [3] |
 | 1993–Present | Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | |
 | 1985–Present | Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | |
 | 1975–Present | Tigray People's Liberation Front | |
 | 1975–Present | Afar Liberation Front | |
 | 1973–Present | Oromo Liberation Front | |
| Saho People's Democratic Movement | ||
| Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | ||
.svg) |
Somali State Resistance | ||
 |
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement | ||
 |
Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | ||
Former | |||
 | 1985-1998 | Gambela People's Liberation Movement | |
.png) | 1984-1991 | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | [4] |
 | 1982-2019 | Oromo Democratic Party | [5] |
 | 1982-2019 | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | |
 | 1973–1989 | Western Somali Liberation Front | |
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | .svg) | Addis Ababa | [6] | |
 |  | Afar | 2012–present | [7] |
 |  | Amhara | 1999–present | [8] |
|  | Benishangul-Gumuz | [9] | |
 |  | Central Ethiopia | 2023–present | |
 | .svg) | Dire Dawa | [10] | |
|  | Gambela | [11] | |
 | .svg) | Harari | [12] | |
 |  | Oromia | [13] | |
 |  | Sidama | 2020–present | [14] |
|  | Somali | 2018–present | [15] |
 |  | South Ethiopia | 2023–present | |
 |  | South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region | 2021–present | |
 |  | Tigray | [16] | |
Historical flags
Sultanate of Aussa (1734–1937)
Afar Region (1994-2012)
Somali Region (2008-2018)
Sidama Region (2020), used before the creation of the region, gradually replaced by a new design.
.svg)
.svg)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1270-1875 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. |
.svg) |
1875-1881 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag.[17] |
 | 1881-1889 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green.[18] |
.svg) | 1897-1914 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first Ethiopic letter of Emperor Menelik's name superimposed at the center.[19][20][21] |
.svg) | 1897-1936 1941-1974 | Official banner of the Emperor | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center.[22] |
.svg) | 1974-1975 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear).[23] |
_(02).svg) | 1975-1987 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |
.svg) | 1987-1991 | Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |
.svg) | 1991-1996 | Flag of The Transitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[22] |
.svg) | 1996-Present | Flag of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[24] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1930-1974 | Obverse | [25] |
.svg) | 1930-1974 | Reverse |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Ethiopia.
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
