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Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24




Conscription currently imposed? No

Suspended under Law 226/2004.

Last conscripts demobilised 2005.
Conscientious objection first recognised 1972 Act No. 772/1972
CO release of professional soldiers – No specific provisions.
Minimum recruitment age 18
Military expenditure1
$ (% change from 2024) Per capita % of GDP
48,144m (+20.1%) $812 1.9%

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