Does Mali have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

Mali 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

Burkina Faso
No conscription
Côte d'Ivoire
No conscription
Guinea
No conscription
Ghana
No conscription
Mauritania
No conscription
Sierra Leone
No conscription

Other laws in Mali

Death Penalty
Not used in practice

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