Flags that look alike, ranked by how often players mixed them up

The 15 pairs players confuse most

Each row is a flag and the wrong name players picked most often for it. The percentage is out of everyone who saw that flag.

1. 1
   

   Iraq → Yemen

   Iraq has green Arabic writing on its white stripe. Yemen’s white stripe is empty.

   51% 47 of 92 answers and 13% the other way round
2. 2
   

   Singapore → Indonesia

   Singapore has a white crescent and five stars in the red half. Indonesia has nothing on it.

   39% 40 of 102 answers and 16% the other way round
3. 3
   

   Central African Republic → Cameroon

   Cameroon has three upright stripes with a star in the middle. The Central African Republic has four flat stripes cut by one red upright band.

   32% 23 of 71 answers
4. 4
   

   Republic of the Congo → DR Congo

   The Republic of the Congo is green, yellow and red, split on the diagonal. DR Congo is sky blue with a red stripe and a yellow star.

   31% 21 of 67 answers and 24% the other way round
5. 5
   

   Marshall Islands → Nauru

   Nauru’s yellow line runs straight across, with the star under it. The Marshall Islands’ orange and white stripes rise on a slant, with the star above them.

   31% 115 of 372 answers
6. 6
   

   Saint Kitts and Nevis → Antigua and Barbuda

   Antigua and Barbuda has a rising sun inside a V shape. St Kitts and Nevis has a black diagonal band with two white stars.

   31% 21 of 68 answers and 21% the other way round
7. 7
   

   Nicaragua → El Salvador

   Both have five volcanoes in a triangle. El Salvador wraps its emblem in a green laurel wreath; Nicaragua sets its in a gold ring of text.

   30% 26 of 86 answers and 17% the other way round
8. 8
   

   Guinea → Mali

   Same three colours in the opposite order. Mali starts with green at the pole, Guinea with red.

   30% 18 of 60 answers
9. 9
   

   Papua New Guinea → Vanuatu

   Papua New Guinea is split corner to corner, with a yellow bird of paradise on red. Vanuatu has a yellow Y on its side and a curled boar’s tusk in the black triangle.

   30% 116 of 390 answers and 21% the other way round
10. 10
    

    Czechia → Slovakia

    The Czech flag has a blue triangle and no emblem. Slovakia has three stripes and a shield with a white double cross.

    27% 25 of 93 answers
11. 11
    

    Latvia → Austria

    Latvia’s red is a dark maroon and its white stripe is thinner. Austria uses a bright red and three equal stripes.

    27% 25 of 93 answers
12. 12
    

    Monaco → Poland

    Monaco puts red on top. Poland puts white on top.

    26% 23 of 87 answers
13. 13
    

    Bulgaria → Hungary

    Both use white, green and red. Bulgaria starts with white at the top, Hungary with red.

    26% 20 of 76 answers and 16% the other way round
14. 14
    

    Paraguay → Uruguay

    Uruguay has nine blue and white stripes and a golden sun in the corner. Paraguay has three stripes, red, white and blue, with a round emblem in the middle.

    26% 20 of 78 answers
15. 15
    

    Slovenia → Slovakia

    Slovakia’s shield is red with a white double cross and spans all three stripes. Slovenia’s is smaller and blue, with a white mountain and three gold stars, up near the corner.

    23% 21 of 91 answers and 22% the other way round

In Oceania, players got 45% of the flags right

Everywhere else the figure is 68%. Nine of the fourteen Oceania flags have stars on them and four carry the Union Jack. Each row is one flag; the cells show what players answered.

Flag shown / Answer picked

Flag shownAnswer picked →
Australia	50%	18%	16%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	15%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
New Zealand	14%	49%	18%	19%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Fiji	13%	20%	45%	23%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Tuvalu	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	19%	49%	18%	13%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Kiribati	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	18%	46%	20%	17%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Nauru	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	17%	13%	48%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	23%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Marshall Islands	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	17%	31%	37%	16%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Micronesia	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	18%	19%	46%	17%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Palau	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	20%	Not one of the four choices	17%	48%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	16%
Papua New Guinea	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	15%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	41%	14%	30%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Solomon Islands	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	16%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	23%	35%	26%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Vanuatu	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	18%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	21%	17%	44%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices
Samoa	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	17%	Not one of the four choices	13%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	51%	18%	Not one of the four choices
Tonga	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	16%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	20%	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	Not one of the four choices	21%	43%	Not one of the four choices

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