Does Niger have mandatory military service?

Selective / de jure only

Selective / de jure only

Niger is one of 5 countries classified “Selective / de jure only” for military conscription — 3% 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

Nigeria
No conscription
Benin
Active conscription
Chad
No conscription
Cameroon
No conscription
Togo
No conscription
Burkina Faso
No conscription

Other laws in Niger

Death Penalty
Not used in practice
Gun Laws
Highly restrictive / banned

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