This flag is a former version of Costa Rica.
Early national flags adoptedThis flag
Costa Rica used a blue-yellow-blue triband before adopting a white flag with a red star in 1823.
Federation-era flag adopted and revised
Costa Rica adopted a federation-style blue-white-blue flag, whose central arms were changed on 2 and 22 November.
Version used 1824–1840
A blue-white-blue federation flag bearing Costa Rican state arms.
White-blue-white flag adopted
A new flag adopted on 21 April had white outer stripes and a blue central stripe bearing the state arms.
Blue-white-blue flag restored
A blue-white-blue flag with the state seal on its central white stripe returned to use after September 1842.
Five-stripe flag adopted
Pacífica Fernández’s blue-white-red-white-blue design was decreed on 29 September and first hoisted on 12 November.
State flag’s arms modified
The coat of arms on the state flag was modified under the 1906 law; the plain five-stripe national flag remained unchanged.
