word | | Military service age and obligation |
| conscription | Latvia | 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life (2009) |
| conscription | Lebanon | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2007) |
| conscription | Lesotho | 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Liberia | 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Luxembourg | ... male and female voluntary military service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with peacekeeping missions; no conscription; Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2008 |
| conscription | Macedonia | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2007) |
| conscription | Maldives | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Malta | 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Namibia | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Nepal | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for military training; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Netherlands Antilles | 16 years of age for National Guard recruitment; no conscription (2004) |
| conscription | New Zealand | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Oman | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Papua New Guinea | 16 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Peru | 18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008) |
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