The following is a list of flags used in both Samoa and American Samoa. For more information about the national flag and the territory flag, Please see The Flag of Samoa and The Flag of American Samoa

National Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962-Present	Flag of Samoa	A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Territory Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1960-Present	Flag of American Samoa	A red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and a fly-whisk. The upper and lower triangles are dark blue.

Historical Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1858-1873	Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa	A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star.[7]
	1875-1886 1889-1900	Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa	A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton.
	1886-1887	Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa	A red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton.
	1887-1889	Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa	A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star in the canton.
	1900-1908	Flag of The United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field.
	1900-1914	Flag of The German Empire	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
	1900-1914	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 center.
	1908-1912	Flag of The United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field.
	1912-1959	Flag of The United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field.
	1914	Proposed Flag of German Samoa	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Emblem of Samoa in the center.
	1914-1962	Flag of The United Kingdom	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
	1914-1962	Flag of New Zealand	A defaced Blue Ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.[8][9]
	1920-1948	Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory	A Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa.
	1948-1949	Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory	A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars.[10]
	1949-1962	Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory	A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.
	1959-1960	Flag of The United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 49 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field.