Flags with stripes
59 of the 196 national flags here have horizontal stripes.
What the list shows
59 of the 196 national flags here have horizontal stripes. That is 30% of the flags in this list, counting two or more horizontal bands of different colours. The list is the 196 states the United Nations recognises as members or observers, plus Kosovo; territories are left out because most of them share their parent's flag.
By continent: Europe 17 of 46, Africa 16 of 54, Asia 14 of 47, South America 6 of 13, North America 5 of 22, Oceania 1 of 14. Europe has the most (17), and South America has the highest share (46% of its flags).
Colours and layout
Colours on these flags: red on 44, white on 43, blue on 31, green on 26. For comparison, red is on 77% of all 196 flags and white on 69%.
Layout: 59 of these 59 are built from stripes (59 horizontal, 0 vertical) and 0 are not. Across all 196 flags the stripe share is 42%.
Counting bands
The most common number of horizontal bands is 3 (43 flags).
Capitals of the first few, to place them: Angola (Luanda), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Armenia (Yerevan), Austria (Vienna), Azerbaijan (Baku), and so on down the list. The shortest names here are Iran, Iraq and Egypt.
How the labels were made: colours are measured from the flag image (a colour counts if it covers at least 0.6% of the flag, edges excluded, so a small emblem can add a colour), and symbols were labelled by hand. A flag with a detailed coat of arms can legitimately appear under several symbols. If a flag looks mislabelled, the corrections link on the about page is the way to say so.
How the flags are labelled. Images are from the open-source flag-icons set (MIT). Colours are measured from each image; symbols are labelled by hand. Names follow the source lists and do not imply any judgment on the status of any territory. Sources and limits.