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Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24




Conscription currently imposed? No

Suspended with effect from 2002

(Royal Decree 247/2001)
Conscientious objection first recognised 1978 Constitutional amendment.
CO release of professional soldiers – No specific provisions. Training expenses would have to be repaid.
Minimum recruitment age 18
Military expenditure1
$ (% change from 2024) Per capita % of GDP
40,212m (+49.6%) $839 2.1%

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