Thursday, January 24, 2019

Conscription



Conscription:
Countries With No Conscription And Year It Was Abolished
-          Afghanistan (1992)
-          Albania (2010)
-          Andorra (No Military)
-          Argentina (1995)
-          Australia (1972)
-          The Bahamas
-          Bangladesh
-          Barbados
-          Belgium (1994)
-          Belize
-          Bhutan
-          Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)
-          Botswana
-          Bulgaria (2008)
-          Burkina Faso
-          Burundi
-          Cameroon
-          Canada (1952)
-          Central African Republic
-          Chile
-          Costa Rica (No Military)
-          Croatia (2008)
-          Czech Republic (2005)
-          Democratic Republic of the Congo
-          Djibouti
-          Dominica (No Military)
-          Dominican Republic
-          Ecuador (2008)
-          Ethiopia
-          Federates States of Micronesia (No Military)
-          Fiji
-          France (2001)
-          Gabon
-          Gambia
-          Ghana
-          Germany (2011)
-          Guyana
-          Grenada
-          Hungary (2004)
-          Iceland (No Military)
-          India
-          Indonesia
-          Iraq (2003)
-          Ireland (1922)
-          Italy (2004)
-          Jamaica
-          Japan (1945)
-          Kenya
-          Kiribati (No Military)
-          Latvia (2007)
-          Lebanon (2007)
-          Lesotho
-          Liberia
-          Liechtenstein (No Military)
-          Luxembourg (1967)
-          Macedonia (2006)
-          Malaysia (2015)
-          Malawi
-          The Maldives
-          Malta
-          The Marshall Islands (No Military)
-          Mauritius (No Military)
-          Mauritania
-          Monaco (No Military)
-          Montenegro (2006)
-          Myanmar (2013)
-          Namibia
-          Nauru (No Military)
-          Nepal
-          The Netherlands (1997)
-          New Zealand (1972)
-          Nicaragua
-          Nigeria
-          Oman
-          Pakistan
-          Palau (No Military)
-          Papua New Guinea
-          Panama (No Military)
-          Peru (1999)
-          The Philippines
-          Poland (2009)
-          Portugal (2004)
-          Romania (2007)
-          Rwanda
-          Samoa (No Military)
-          St. Kitts and Nevis
-          San Marino
-          Saudi Arabia
-          Serbia (2011)
-          The Seychelles
-          Sierra Leone
-          Slovakia (2006)
-          Slovenia (2003)
-          Somalia
-          The Solomon Islands (No Military)
-          South Africa (2002)
-          Spain (2001)
-          Sri Lanka
-          Suriname
-          Swaziland
-          Tanzania
-          Timor-Leste
-          Tonga
-          Trinidad and Tobago
-          Tuvalu (No Military)
-          Uganda
-          The United Kingdom (1960, for Northern Ireland 1922) still valid in Bermuda
-          The United States (1973)
-          Zambia
-          Zimbabwe
-          Vanuatu (No Military)
-          Vatican City (No Military)
Countries With Conscription or Alternative Service and Terms of Service:
-          Angola: 2 years
-          Austria: 6 months armed or 9 months unarmed
-          Chad: 3 years for men, 1 year for women
-          Cyprus: 14 months armed or 18 months unarmed
-          Denmark (excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands): 4 months if Number picked
-          Estonia: 8-11 months
-          Finland (excluding the Alands Islands): 165 days armed or 270 days unarmed
-          Greece: 9 months for Army, 12 months for Navy and Air Force, 13 months unarmed
-          Israel: 2 years and 8 months for men and 2 years for women, 24 months for unarmed 
-          Madagascar: 18 months
-          Mexico: 1 year for those selected by lottery
-          Norway: 19 months for men and women selected by lottery
-          Paraguay
-          Switzerland: 245 days armed or 390 days unarmed
-          Sweden: 11 months for men and women selected by lottery (Abolished in 2010 and reintroduced in 2010)
Countries With Conscription and Terms of Service:
-          Algeria: 1 year
-          Armenia: 2 years
-          Belarus:  12 months for those with higher education, 18 months for those without higher education
-          Bermuda: 38 months
-          Bolivia: 1 year
-          Brazil: 9-12 months
-          Cape Verde: 2 years for men and women selected by lottery
-          China: Men and women can be conscripted, but not in practice
-          Cuba: 2 years
-          Egypt (only males with a male sibling): 12 months with higher education, 36 months with no higher education
-          Eritrea: Both men and women serve at least 18 months
-          Georgia: 12 months
-          Guinea-Bissau: Selected by lottery
-          Iran: 24 months
-          Jordan: Reintroduced in 2007.
-          Kazakhstan: 1 year
-          Kyrgyzstan: 18 months
-          Lithuania: 9 months (abolished in 2008 and re-introduced in 2015)
-          Kuwait
-          Mali
-          Moldova: 1 year
-          Morocco: 1 year for men and women (reestablished in 2018)
-          Mongolia; 1 year
-          Niger: 2 years
-          North Korea: All men conscripted for 11 years with women selected by lottery and serve 7 years
-          Qatar: 3-4 months
-          Russia: 12 months for men without higher education military training
-          Singapore:  2 years
-          South Korea: 21 months for Army and the Marines, 24 months for Air Force
-          Sudan: Men and women serve 1-2 years
-          Taiwan: 4 months
-          Tajikistan: 2 years
-          Thailand: 2 years for conscripted, 6 months for volunteers
-          Tunisia: 1 year
-          Turkey: 12 months without higher education, 6 months those with higher education, Turks living overseas can pay a 2,000 Euro fee and be exempt from service
-          Turkmenistan: 2 years
-          Ukraine: 12 months for Army and Air Force, 18 months for Navy (was supposed to be abolished but kept because of the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Russian War in Donbas)
-          United Arab Emirates: 16 months for those with a high school degree, 3 years for those without a high school degree
-          Uzbekistan: 1 year
-          Venezuela
-          Vietnam: 2 years for those selected by lottery
-          Yemen: 2 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription

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