Bureau Européen de l'Objection de Conscience | Europäisches Büro für Kriegsdienstve

Kosovo

Previous reports: 2023/24

Conscription currently imposed?

Conscientious objection first recognised

Voluntary paramilitary service since independence. CO provisions never introduced.

CO release of professional soldiers

–

No provisions.

Minimum recruitment age

Population ¹

Total	% males 15-19	Thus approx. annual cohort reaching 18
1,977,093	4.3%	17,003

Armed forces

Total strength	Of which conscripts	Compared to annual cohort above
3,000	–	Total strength is 17.6% of cohort

Military expenditure

$ (% change from 2023)	Per capita	% of GDP
166m (+21.6%)	$98	1.5%

Population and armed forces figures are derived from The Military Balance 2025, published by the international Institute for Strategic Studies; military expenditure figures are estimates published by SIPRI (The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) in April 2025. ⤴