Does Senegal have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

Senegal 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

The Gambia
No conscription
Guinea-Bissau
Active conscription
Guinea
No conscription
Mauritania
No conscription
Sierra Leone
No conscription
Mali
Active conscription

Other laws in Senegal

Death Penalty
Fully abolished

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