Does São Tomé and Principe have mandatory military service?

No conscription

No conscription

São Tomé and Principe is one of 123 countries classified “No conscription” for military conscription — 64% 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

Equatorial Guinea
No conscription
Gabon
No conscription
Republic of the Congo
No conscription
Cameroon
No conscription
Nigeria
No conscription
Togo
No conscription

Other laws in São Tomé and Principe

Death Penalty
Fully abolished

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