# List of Ghanaian flags

The following is a list of flags associated with Ghana. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Ghana.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1966-present | Flag of Ghana | A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. |

## Government flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1966-present | Flag of the president of Ghana | A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre with a gold rim. |
| 1964-1966 | Flag of the president of Ghana | An electric blue field with the government emblem in the centre. |
| 1966-present | Flag of the president of Ghana | A navy blue field with the government emblem in the centre. |

## Ethnic group flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1935-present | Flag of the Ashanti people | A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag. |
| ?-present | Flag of the Ewe people | A horizontal tricolour of green (top), red and green with 3 golden stars in the red stripe. |
| ?-present | Flag of the Hausa people | A white field with the Dagin Arewa star in the centre. |
| ?-present | Flag of the Yoruba people | A blue field with a white disc off-centre toward the hoist and 2 green rings and a golden spear inside the disc. |

## Political party flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1992-present | Flag of the Ghanan National Democratic Congress | 4 horizontal stripes of black, red, white and green with the emblem in the centre. |
| | 1966-present | Flag of the Convention People's Party | |
| | 2017-present | Flag of Western Togoland | |
| Link to file | 1992-present | Flag of the People's National Convention | |
| Link to file | 2006-2012 | Flag of the Democratic Freedom Party | |

## Military flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1964-1966 | Civil ensign of Ghana | A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton. |
| 1966-present | Civil ensign of Ghana | A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton. |
| 1964-1966 | Naval ensign of Ghana | Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton. |
| 1966-present | Naval ensign of Ghana | Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton. |
| 1964-1966 | Air Force ensign of Ghana | A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, white and green roundel. |
| 1966-present | Air Force ensign of Ghana | A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, yellow and green roundel. |
| 1964-1966 | Civil Air ensign of Ghana | A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star. |
| 1966-present | Civil Air ensign of Ghana | A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star. |

## Proposed flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 2002 | Emmanuel Enoch Agbozo's proposal | |
| | 1914 | Proposed flag of German Togoland | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the emblem of Togoland in the centre. |

## Historical flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1482-1485 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles and a green cross of the Order of Aviz. |
| 1485-1495 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles. |
| 1495-1521 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre. |
| 1521-1578 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre. |
| 1578-1640 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre. |
| 1612-1795 | The Prince's Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) | A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue. |
| 1616-1640 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag) | A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre. |
| 1631-1637 1663-1700 | Flag of the Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast) | A white field with centred red cross. |
| 1640-1642 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) | A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre. |
| 1650–1658 1660–1663 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast) | Blue with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails. |
| 1652–1672 | States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. |
| 1658–1850 | Flag of Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast) | A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side. |
| 1663-1700 | Flag of the Royal African Company | A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border. |
| 1682-1721 | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast). | A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field. |
| 1682-1701 | Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). | 7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist. |
| 1684-1701 | Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). | A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist. |
| 1701-1721 | Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast). | A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top. |
| 1750-1801 | Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland |
| 1795–1813 | Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast) | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. |
| 1795–1806 | Flag of the Batavian Republic | A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton. |
| 1801-1960 | Flag of the United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
| 1806-1872 | Flag of the Kingdom of Holland, the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast) | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. |
| 1870-1877 | Flag of the British West Africa | A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements. |
| 1877-1957 | Flag of the British Gold Coast | A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast. |
| 1884-1916 | Flag of the German Empire (German Togoland) | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) |
| 1884-1916 | Colonial flag of the German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the Reichsadler in the centre. |
| 1916-1956 | Flag of the British Togoland | A blue ensign defaced with an elephant. |
| 1935-1957 | Flag of the Ashanti Empire | A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag. |
| 1957-1964 | Flag of the Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana | A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. |
| 1958-1961 | Flag of the Union of African States | A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band. |
| 1961-1962 | Flag of the Union of African States | A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band. |
| 1964-1966 | 2nd flag of Ghana | A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. |