Does Greece have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

Greece 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

North Macedonia
No conscription
Albania
No conscription
Bulgaria
No conscription
Montenegro
No conscription
Serbia
No conscription
Bosnia and Herzegovina
No conscription

Other laws in Greece

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
School Corporal Punishment
Banned
Jury Trials
Jury trials used

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