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"TheBelgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours" – article 193 ofthe Belgian constitution
This is a list of flags used inBelgium.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1831-present | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1831–present | Civil ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio. |
 | 1950–present | State ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lionrampant ensigned by a crown, bothsable (black), the lion armed andlanguedgules (red). |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1950–present | Flag of theBelgian Army | The Army badge, crowned, on a whitefield |
 | Ensign of theBelgian Air Component | The Air Component badge androundel on a blue field. | |
 | Naval ensign of theBelgian Navy | A yellowsaltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by afouled anchor. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1831–present | Naval jack of the Belgian Navy[citation needed] | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio. |
 | Pennant of the Belgian Navy[citation needed] | rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly | |
 | Commodore of Belgium[citation needed] | The rectangular tricolour of Belgium with split fly on the end | |
 | 1966–present | The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also called the "Belgian yacht ensign"[citation needed] | The National ensign to be hoisted by Belgian yachts is made of three stripes placed vertically, black, yellow and red, of equal width; the black stripe is placed at hoist. |
 | 1999–present | Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign"[citation needed] | The European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation. |
| 2016–present | Thecivil ensign, bearing ablack lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from theNaval Reserve.[citation needed] | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lionrampant,sable (black), armed andlanguedgules (red). | |
 | 2021–present | The BelgianNaval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command[citation needed] | A blue background with theBelgian Naval ensign in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouledanchor with acrown on top |
 | 1957–present | Standard of theAdmiral Benelux |
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | _location.svg) | Flemish Region | 1973 | Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.[1] |
 | _location.svg) | Walloon Region | 1998–present | a red rooster on a yellow field |
 | _location.svg) | Brussels-Capital Region | 2015 | |
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Flemish Community | 1973 | Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.[1] |
|  | French Community | 1991–present | a red rooster on a yellow field |
 |  | German-speaking community | 1990 | |
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | West Flanders | 1997 | coveted background in 12 pieces of gold and azure, with a heart shield of gules in the middle over the whole |
 |  | East Flanders | 1999 | |
 |  | Antwerp | 1997 | |
.svg) |  | Limburg | 1996 | |
 |  | Flemish Brabant | 1996 | |
 |  | Walloon Brabant | 1995 | |
 | Hainaut | / | The province does not officially have a flag | |
 |  | Namur | 1953 | |
 | Liège | / | The province does not officially have a flag | |
.svg) |  | Luxembourg | 2018 | Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion |
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Brabant | 1837 | A golden lion (Leo Belgicus) on a black field. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1991–2015 | First version ofFlag of Brussels-Capital Region | A blue field with a yellow iris with a white border on top. |
| 2015–present | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region | |
.svg) | 1930–present | Flag of Brussels (city) | Emblem ofArchangel Michael slaying the dragon |
| Flag | Date | Use |
|---|---|---|
| 1989–present | Flag of theCommon Community Commission |
 | 1989–present | Flag of theFlemish Community Commission |
 | 1989–present | Flag of theFrench Community Commission |
Each royal standard for a monarch is a squarerouge ponceau banner of the royal arms, personalised with theking's cypher in each corner.
| Flag | Date | Use |
|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1831–present | TheBelgian flag with the royal crown |
.png) | 1831–1865 | Royal standard ofLeopold I |
.png) | 1865–1909 | Royal standard ofLeopold II |
.svg) | 1909–1934 | Royal standard ofAlbert I |
.svg) | 1934–1951 | Royal standard ofLeopold III |
.svg) | 1951–1993 | Royal standard ofBaudouin I |
 | 1993–2013 | Royal standard ofAlbert II |
 | 2013–present | Royal standard ofPhilippe |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 800–888[citation needed] | ImperialOrilflamme ofCharlemagne | A 3-pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. |
 | 862–1797[citation needed] | Flag of theCounty of Flanders | A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. "Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules" |
 | 900–1477[citation needed] | Flag of theCounty of Hainaut | A yellow quartered banner with two black and two red lions. |
 | 980–1790 | Flag of thePrince-Bishopric of Liège, also of theRepublic of Liège | A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow. |
.png) | 1065–1797 | Flag of theDuchy of Limburg | A white background with a red lion on it |
 | 1183–1794[citation needed] | Flag of theDuchy of Brabant | A golden lion on a black field. |
 | 1482–1714[citation needed] | Flag of theSpanish Netherlands | A white flag with thecross ofBurgundy. |
 | Civil Ensign of theSpanish Netherlands | A horizontaltricolour of red, white and yellow, with theCross of Burgundy in the centre. | |
 | 1781–1786[citation needed] | Flag of theAustrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria. |
 | 1789 –1790 | Flag of theUnited Belgian States | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
.svg) | 1830 –1831 | Flag of theBelgian Revolution and the firstBelgian flag | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red. |
| 1831–present | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and black. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1908–1960[citation needed] | Flag of theBelgian Congo | A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star. |
 | 1936–1960[citation needed] | Standard of thegovernor-general of the Belgian Congo | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper leftcanton on a blue field. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1883 – 1920 | Flag ofNeutral Moresnet | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue. |
 | 1897 – 1899 | Masthead pennant of theRVBelgica during theBelgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 | A white swallowtail pennant defaced with the intertwined initials "YC" in black and gold, and two red triangles placed along the hoist.[2] |
 | 1722 – 1731 | Flag of the BelgianOstend Company |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1955–present | Flag of Europe | A circle of twelve 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field. |
 | 1957–present | Unofficial flag ofBenelux | A tricolour, with three horizontal bands of Red, white and blue representing the Netherlands and Luxembourg and a Black box in the middle representing Belgium. With a yellow lion in the centre |
