Does Taiwan have mandatory military service?
Active conscription
Active conscription
Taiwan 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
- Philippines
- No conscription
- South Korea
- Active conscription
- Vietnam
- Active conscription
- North Korea
- Active conscription
- Laos
- Active conscription
- Japan
- No conscription
Other laws in Taiwan
- Death Penalty
- Retained / in use
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- School Corporal Punishment
- Banned
- Jury Trials
- Jury trials used
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