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

Luxembourg

Previous reports: 2023/24

Conscription currently imposed?

First introduced 1944

Abolished 1967

Conscientious objection first recognised

1963

Act of 26th July, Article 8

CO release of professional soldiers

–

No specific provisions – no instances ever recorded.

Minimum recruitment age

Population ¹

Total	% males 15-19	Thus approx. annual cohort reaching 18
671,254	2.7%	3,625

Armed forces

Total strength	Of which conscripts	Compared to annual cohort above
900	–	Total strength is 24.8% of cohort

Military expenditure

$ (% change from 2023)	Per capita	% of GDP
872m (+28.2%)	$1,303	1.0%

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. ⤴