🔥 The Hardest Flags in the World

🇧🇹 Bhutan

Difficulty level: 10/10

The flag of Bhutan shows a white dragon (Druk) on a yellow and orange background. The complex design and the obscurity of the Himalayan kingdom make this flag absolute top tier.

Tip: The dragon holds jewels in its claws – a symbol of prosperity.

🇳🇵 Nepal

Difficulty level: 10/10

The only non-rectangular national flag in the world! Two stacked triangles in crimson red with a blue border, sun and crescent moon. The unusual shape alone makes it memorably difficult.

Tip: The triangles symbolize the Himalayas and the two major religions.

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan

Difficulty level: 9/10

Green background with a vertical stripe full of complex traditional carpet patterns, crescent moon, and five stars. One of the most visually complex flags ever.

Tip: The five carpet patterns represent the five major tribes of Turkmenistan.

🇰🇭 Cambodia

Difficulty level: 9/10

The only national flag in the world with a building on it: Angkor Wat in white on a blue-red-blue background. Highly complex and unique.

Tip: Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world.

🇧🇿 Belize

Difficulty level: 9/10

Blue flag with red borders and a detailed coat of arms in the center with two people, tools, and a mahogany tree. Visually overwhelming.

Tip: One of the few flags with human figures.

🇰🇮 Kiribati

Difficulty level: 8/10

Red and yellow horizontal waves (ocean), a rising sun, and a frigatebird. An absolutely unique design for the Pacific island state.

Tip: The 17 sun rays represent the 16 Gilbert Islands plus Banaba.

🇲🇿 Mozambique

Difficulty level: 8/10

The only national flag featuring a modern rifle (AK-47) as a symbol. Green-black-yellow with a red triangle, book, hoe, and star.

Tip: The AK-47 symbolizes the independence struggle.

🇫🇯 Fiji

Difficulty level: 8/10

Light blue with the Union Jack and a complex coat of arms with lion, sugarcane, coconut palm, and dove. Easily confused with other Pacific flags.

Tip: The light blue background represents the Pacific Ocean.

🇪🇷 Eritrea

Difficulty level: 8/10

Red triangle with a yellow olive wreath on a green-blue background. Similar to other East African flags but with unique details.

Tip: The olive branch has 30 leaves – for the 30 years of independence struggle.

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

Difficulty level: 7/10

Diagonally divided in red and black, with a bird-of-paradise and the Southern Cross. A very unusual design for Melanesia.

Tip: The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national symbol.

Other difficult flags

• 🇨🇻 Cape Verde: Blue-white-red with 10 yellow stars in a circle formation
• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands: Diagonal yellow-green with blue triangle and five white stars
• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu: Red-green with black triangle, yellow Y and boar tusk symbol
• 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands: Blue with orange-white diagonal stripes and white star
• 🇵🇼 Palau: Light blue with yellow disc (often confused with Japan’s flag)
• 🇳🇷 Nauru: Blue with yellow stripe and 12-point white star
• 🇧🇧 Barbados: Blue-yellow-blue with black trident
• 🇸🇿 Eswatini (Swaziland): Horizontal blue-yellow-red with shield and spears
• 🇱🇸 Lesotho: Horizontal blue-white-green with black Mokorotlo hat
• 🇧🇼 Botswana: Light blue with black horizontal stripe and white borders