Does South Sudan have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

South Sudan 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

Sudan
Active conscription
Uganda
No conscription
Ethiopia
No conscription
Central African Republic
No conscription
Rwanda
No conscription
Kenya
No conscription

Other laws in South Sudan

Death Penalty
Retained / in use

Every law in South Sudan → · Which countries have mandatory military service? →

A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.