Libya
17 years of age (2004)
Lithuania
19-26 years of age for compulsory military service; 18
years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation;
male registration required at age 16 (2009)
Luxembourg
17-25 years of age for 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 (2010)
Macedonia
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)
Madagascar
18-25 years of age for male-only voluntary military
service; no conscription; service obligation - 18 months (either
military or equivalent civil service); 20-30 years of age for
National Gendarmerie recruits (35 years of age for those with
military experience) (2010)
Malawi
18 years of age for voluntary military service; standard
obligation is 2 years of active duty and 5 years of reserve service
(2007)
Malaysia
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2005)
Maldives
18-28 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)
Mali
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
conscript service obligation - 2 years (2010)
Malta
17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)