Does Burkina Faso have mandatory military service?

No conscription

No conscription

Burkina Faso is one of 123 countries classified “No conscription” for military conscription — 64% 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

Ghana
No conscription
Togo
No conscription
Mali
Active conscription
Benin
Active conscription
Côte d'Ivoire
No conscription
Liberia
No conscription

Other laws in Burkina Faso

Death Penalty
Abolished for ordinary crimes
Gun Laws
Restrictive

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