Flag of OPEC
Officially Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
What the flag looks like
A light blue field with the white OPEC logo in the center: the lower-case letters o, p, e and c set in a square around a long, tapering vertical stroke.
What it means
The logo is built from the organisation's own initials, OPEC.
How to remember it
OPEC
spells out its own name in fat white letters on sky blue, o and p over e and c, threaded on one tall stroke.
Fun facts
- OPEC was founded in Baghdad in September 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, and moved its headquarters from Geneva to Vienna in 1965.
- The United Arab Emirates left OPEC on 1 May 2026, after Angola had left in January 2024.
OPEC at a glance
- Founded
- 1960
- Members
- 11 states
- Headquarters
- Vienna
- Headquarters
- Vienna
- Region
- Founded 1960
- Languages
- English
- Flag adopted
- 1970