What is the order of Estonia's flag colours?
From top to bottom, the bands are blue, black and white.
Flag of Estonia
Estonia's national flag has three equal horizontal bands—blue, black and white—and a hoist-to-fly ratio of 7:11. The Flag Act also sets out when the flag is raised at Pikk Hermann.
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Estonia
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 7:11 height: width
Flag design
Three equal-width horizontal bands.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Blue, black, and white
Sources
- Proportion: Government Office of Estonia – Estonian flag
Three bands defined by law
The Flag Act describes three equal-width horizontal bands: blue at the top, black in the middle and white at the bottom. It sets the flag's hoist-to-fly ratio at 7:11 and recognizes it as both an ethnic and a national flag.
The Act also gives the flag a daily role at Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn: it is raised at sunrise, but not before 7 a.m., and lowered at sunset. The law defines this practice as part of the official flag routine at the tower.
Frequently asked questions
What are the proportions of Estonia's flag?
The Flag Act sets the hoist-to-fly ratio at 7:11.
When is the flag raised at Pikk Hermann?
It is raised at sunrise, but no earlier than 7 a.m., and lowered at sunset.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Estonia
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Tallinn
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- EE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- EST
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 233
- Top-level domain
- .ee
- Area
- 45,226 km²
- Population
- 1,366,475 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +372
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Historical flags: Estonia (1562–)
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