Does Mozambique have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

Mozambique 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

Malawi
No conscription
Zimbabwe
No conscription
Zambia
No conscription
Eswatini
No conscription
Comoros
No conscription
Botswana
No conscription

Other laws in Mozambique

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
Gun Laws
Restrictive

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