Does the United Arab Emirates have mandatory military service?

Active conscription

Active conscription

The United Arab Emirates 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

Qatar
Active conscription
Bahrain
No conscription
Oman
No conscription
Kuwait
Active conscription
Iran
Active conscription
Saudi Arabia
No conscription

Other laws in United Arab Emirates

Death Penalty
Retained / in use
Gun Laws
Restrictive
School Corporal Punishment
Banned

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