Does Benin have mandatory military service?
Active conscription
Active conscription
Benin 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
- Togo
- No conscription
- Ghana
- No conscription
- Burkina Faso
- No conscription
- Nigeria
- No conscription
- Niger
- Selective / de jure only
- Côte d'Ivoire
- No conscription
Other laws in Benin
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Highly restrictive / banned
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