🇨🇷 flag: Costa Rica Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Costa Rica Emoji 🇨🇷 Mean?

Five horizontal bands — blue, white, red (double-width), white, blue — make up Costa Rica's flag. The state version adds the national coat of arms on the red stripe near the hoist. Blue represents the sky, opportunities, and idealism, white stands for peace and wisdom, and red honors the blood of those who defended the country and the warmth of its people.

Adopted in 1848 by Pacífica Fernández (wife of then-President Castro Madriz), inspired by the French tricolor. The emoji shows up during Independence Day (September 15), Pura Vida posts, World Cup runs, and surf-trip recaps from Tamarindo. Travelers tag it with Arenal Volcano, Manuel Antonio beaches, and Monteverde cloud-forest shots.

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from CR, it pairs with sloth, frog, surfboard, and coffee emojis. Costa Rica famously has no standing army and tops global happiness rankings. The country is famously the world's most environmentally progressive small nation, with about a quarter of its land protected as national parks.

The flag has been carried into football World Cups by underdog Ticos achievements, especially the 2014 quarterfinal run.