Does Ethiopia have mandatory military service?

No conscription

No conscription

Ethiopia 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

Djibouti
No conscription
Eritrea
Active conscription
Somalia
No conscription
Kenya
No conscription
South Sudan
Active conscription
Yemen
No conscription

Other laws in Ethiopia

Death Penalty
Retained / in use
Gun Laws
Restrictive

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