Sri Lanka
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 5-year
service obligation (2007)
Sudan
18-33 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; 12-24 month service obligation (2009)
Suriname
18 years of age (est.); recruitment is voluntary, with
personnel drawn almost exclusively from the Creole community (2007)
Swaziland
18-30 years of age for male and female voluntary military
service; no conscription (2008)
Sweden
18-47 years of age for male compulsory or voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15
months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial
service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; women are
eligible for voluntary military service (2009)
Switzerland
19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18
years of age for voluntary male and female military service; the
Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do
military service"; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days
in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory
training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training
during the next 10 years (2008)
Syria
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 30 months (18 months in the Syrian Arab Navy);
women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve (2004)
Taiwan
19-35 years of age for male compulsory military service;
service obligation 14 months (reducing to 1 year in 2009); women may
enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat
roles; reserve obligation to age 30 (Army); the Ministry of Defense
has announced plans to implement an incremental voluntary enlistment
system beginning 2010, with 10% fewer conscripts each year
thereafter, although nonvolunteers will still be required to perform
alternative service or go through 3-4 months of military training
(2009)
Tajikistan
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year
conscript service obligation (2007)
Tanzania
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)