Does Switzerland have mandatory military service?
Active conscription
Active conscription
Switzerland 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
- Liechtenstein
- No conscription
- Monaco
- No conscription
- Luxembourg
- No conscription
- France
- No conscription
- Austria
- Active conscription
- San Marino
- No conscription
Other laws in Switzerland
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Licensed / moderate
- Jury Trials
- Limited use / mixed courts
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