Portugal

Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24

Conscription currently imposed?

Suspended 1999 (Military Service Law 174/99).

Last conscripts demobilised 2004.

Could be reinstated in emergency under articles 34 and 36. Military registration still enforced

Conscientious objection first recognised

1976

Constitution, Articles 41(6) and 276

Military Service Law (No. 174/99)

Law on Conscientious Objection, 7/92

CO release of professional soldiers

–

No specific provisions, but should be authorised under constitutional recognition of right

Minimum recruitment age

Military expenditure¹

$ (% change from 2024)	Per capita	% of GDP
5,861m (+21.7%)	$562	1.7%

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

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