Does Djibouti have mandatory military service?

No conscription

No conscription

Djibouti 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

Eritrea
Active conscription
Ethiopia
No conscription
Yemen
No conscription
Somalia
No conscription
Kenya
No conscription
Saudi Arabia
No conscription

Other laws in Djibouti

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
Gun Laws
Highly restrictive / banned

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