{"id":671,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/ratio-codification\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:47","slug":"ratio-codification","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/ratio-codification\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratio codification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Ratio codification** is the formal expression of a flag&#8217;s hoist-to-fly proportions in law or regulation. National practice varies: some states fix only the ratio and leave details to manufacturers, while others publish a complete construction sheet. Codified ratios range from 1:1 (Switzerland, Vatican) through the common 2:3 to the unusually elongated 1:2 of the United Kingdom and 10:19 of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The codified ratio of the flag of the United States is fixed as 10:19 by Executive Order 10834 of 1959.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [ratio](\/glossary\/ratio\/), [proportions](\/glossary\/proportions\/), [construction-sheet](\/glossary\/construction-sheet\/), [hoist](\/glossary\/hoist\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-671","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}