Does Cape Verde have mandatory military service?

Selective / de jure only

Selective / de jure only

Cape Verde is one of 5 countries classified “Selective / de jure only” for military conscription — 3% 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

The Gambia
No conscription
Guinea-Bissau
Active conscription
Senegal
Active conscription
Mauritania
No conscription
Guinea
No conscription
Sierra Leone
No conscription

Other laws in Cape Verde

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
Gun Laws
Licensed / moderate

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