Previous reports: 2023/24
| Conscription currently imposed? |
Yes |
|
| Conscientious objection first recognised |
1955 |
National Service Act 1955 (unarmed military service)
Civilian Service Act (Zivildienstgesetz) 1974 (alternative civilian service)
|
| Current provisions |
|
Zivildienstgesetz 1974, last amended as Act 106/2005 |
| Duration |
| Military service |
Civilian service (% of military) |
| 6 months |
9 months (150%) |
|
| CO release of professional soldiers |
– |
No specific provisions. |
| Minimum recruitment age |
|
|
| Population 1 |
| Total |
% males 15-19 |
Thus approx. annual cohort reaching 18 |
| 8,967,982 |
2.4% |
43,046 |
|
| Armed forces |
| Total strength |
Of which conscripts |
Compared to annual cohort above |
| 22,800 |
15,544 (68.2%) |
Total strength is 53.0% of cohort Conscripts are 36.1% of cohort |
|
| Military expenditure |
| $ (% change from 2023) |
Per capita |
% of GDP |
| 5,259m (+14.5%) |
$576 |
1.0% |
|
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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.
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