# List of Ethiopian flags

This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see the flag of Ethiopia.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 2009–Present | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |

## Military flags

| Date | Use |
| 2021–Present | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force |
| 2009–2021 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force |
| 1996–2009 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force |

### Ethiopian Navy

| Date | Use |
| 2019–present | War Ensign of Ethiopia |
| 1975–1996 | War Ensign of Ethiopia |
| 1974–1975 | War Ensign of Ethiopia |
| 1955–1974 | War Ensign of Ethiopia |

### Ethiopian Air Force

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | ?-Present | Ethiopian Air Force flag | |

### Militias

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |

## Ethnic flags

| Use | Description |
| Flag of Kunama people | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe. |
| Flag of Saho people | A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton. |
| Flag of Kafficho people | A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Party |
| Current ||||
| | 2021–Present | United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces |
| | 2021–Present | Agew Liberation Front |
| | 2021–present | Gambella Peoples Liberation Army |
| | 1999–Present | Sidama National Liberation Front |
| | 1999–present | Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation |
| | 1984–Present | Ogaden National Liberation Front |
| | 1993–Present | Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front |
| | 1985–Present | Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia |
| | 1975–Present | Tigray People's Liberation Front |
| | 1975–Present | Afar Liberation Front |
| | 1973–Present | Oromo Liberation Front |
| | | Saho People's Democratic Movement |
| | | Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama |
| | | Somali State Resistance |
| | | Benishangul People's Liberation Movement |
| | | Gambella Peoples Liberation Army |
| Former ||||
| | 1985-1998 | Gambela People's Liberation Movement |
| | 1984-1991 | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
| | 1982-2019 | Oromo Democratic Party |
| | 1982-2019 | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization |
| | 1973–1989 | Western Somali Liberation Front |

## Regions

| Administrative division | Adopted |
| Addis Ababa | |
| Afar | 2012–present |
| Amhara | 1999–present |
| Benishangul-Gumuz | |
| Central Ethiopia | 2023–present |
| Dire Dawa | |
| Gambela | |
| Harari | |
| Oromia | |
| Sidama | 2020–present |
| Somali | 2018–present |
| South Ethiopia | 2023–present |
| South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region | 2021–present |
| Tigray | |

### Historical flags

* Sultanate of Aussa (1734–1937)
* Afar Region (1994-2012)
* Somali Region (2008-2018)
* Sidama Region (2020), used before the creation of the region, gradually replaced by a new design.
* Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (?-2023)

## Historical flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1270-1875 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. |
| 1875-1881 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag. |
| 1881-1889 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green. |
| 1897-1914 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first Ethiopic letter of Emperor Menelik's name superimposed at the center. |
| 1897-1936 1941-1974 | Official banner of the Emperor | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. |
| 1974-1975 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear). |
| 1975-1987 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |
| 1987-1991 | Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |
| 1991-1996 | Flag of The Transitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |
| 1996-Present | Flag of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. |

## Imperial standards

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1930-1974 | Obverse | |
| | 1930-1974 | Reverse | |