Does Angola have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

Angola is one of 64 countries classified “Active conscription” for military conscription — 33% of the 192 with data. (Also searched as the draft, national service.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Conscription
Last checked
15 September 2026
How it was classified
Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.

Nearby countries

Democratic Republic of the Congo
No conscription
Republic of the Congo
No conscription
Zambia
No conscription
Namibia
No conscription
Gabon
No conscription
Botswana
No conscription

Other laws in Angola

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
Gun Laws
Highly restrictive / banned

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