Austria

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Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24




Conscription currently imposed? Yes
Conscientious objection first recognised 1955

National Service Act 1955 (unarmed military service)

Civilian Service Act (Zivildienstgesetz) 1974 (alternative civilian service)
Current provisions Zivildienstgesetz 1974, last amended as Act 106/2005
Duration
Military service Civilian service (% of military)
6 months 9 months (150%)
CO release of professional soldiers – No specific provisions.
Minimum recruitment age
Military expenditure1
$ (% change from 2024) Per capita % of GDP
6,353m (+11.1%) $697 1.1%

  1. Military expenditure figures are estimates published by SIPRI (The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) in April 2026.↩︎