Does Thailand have mandatory military service?
Selective / de jure only
Selective / de jure only
Thailand is one of 5 countries classified “Selective / de jure only” for military conscription — 3% 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.
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- Retained / in use
- School Corporal Punishment
- Banned
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