List of Belgian flags

"The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours" – article 193 of the Belgian constitution

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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 lion rampant ensigned by a crown, both sable (black), the lion armed and langued gules (red).

Date	Use	Description
1950–present	Flag of the Belgian Army	The Army badge, crowned, on a white field
	Ensign of the Belgian Air Component	The Air Component badge and roundel on a blue field.
	Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy	A yellow saltire 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 a fouled anchor.

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	The civil ensign, bearing a black lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the Naval Reserve.^{[citation needed]}	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant, sable (black), armed and langued gules (red).
2021–present	The Belgian Naval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command^{[citation needed]}	A blue background with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouled anchor with a crown on top
1957–present	Standard of the Admiral Benelux

	Adopted	Description
Flemish Region	1973	Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.^[1]^{[citation needed]}
Walloon Region	1998–present	a red rooster on a yellow field
Brussels-Capital Region	2015

	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

National flag

	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
Limburg	1996
Flemish Brabant	1996
Walloon Brabant	1995
Hainaut	/	(This is the unofficial flag of Hainaut as the province does not officially have a flag)
Namur	1953
Liège	/	(This is the unofficial flag of Liège, as the province does not officially have a flag)
Luxembourg	2018	Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion

Flag	Date	Use
	1831–present	The Belgian flag with the royal crown
	1831–1865	Royal standard of Leopold I
	1865–1909	Royal standard of Leopold II
	1909–1934	Royal standard of Albert I
	1934–1951	Royal standard of Leopold III
	1951–1993	Royal standard of Baudouin I
	1993–2013	Royal standard of Albert II
	2013–present	Royal standard of Philippe