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Yemen

HighScore 7Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    1,400

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    34

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    4%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    115

  • Population

    41.8 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level4

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +215.5 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +117 deaths in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, food insecurity at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    17

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    8

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    15 500 000

  • Refugees who fled

    83 187

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Yemen, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 99%
  • Non-state conflict · 1%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
15.5 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
37%
2026-08
Undernourishment
—
2023
Refugees who fled
—
Refugees hosted
—
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
195
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$634
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence25

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-31al-Hawta neighborhood, Seiyun, a city in Yemen's southeastern Hadramout province,IS — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20Xinhua News Agency, al sahil
2026-08-31Hays district.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20Barran Press
2026-08-31Al-Bayda fronts adjacent to Lahj GovernorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20Barran Press
2026-08-31Al-Kuraifat front, east of the city.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20al sahil
2026-08-31 – 2026-09-01Jabal al-Ahtoub front in the Maqbana district, west of TaizGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20al sahil
2026-08-30 – 2026-09-01NRF naval forcesGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council40Anadolu Agency
2026-08-30Al Jibanah in Shadaa.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council11CIMP
2026-08-30 – 2026-09-01MaribGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20al sahil
2026-08-29Al Urf in Maqbanah. / Al-Araf village, Al-Habiba district, Maqbana Directorate, Taiz GovernorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council22CIMP, Yemen News Agency (SABA)
2026-08-29Al Kadrah in Qadas of Al Mawasit.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council11CIMP
2026-08-29Al-Bayda fronts bordering Lahj GovernorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council30Barran Press
2026-08-29 – 2026-09-01Jabal Ras front on the western coastGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council290al sahil
2026-08-28Al-Bayda front bordering Lahj Governorate.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20Barran Press, al sahil
2026-08-28Al-Firdous building at the southern entrance to the city of Damt in Al-Dhale’ Governorate .Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council50Barran Press, al sahil
2026-08-28 – 2026-08-29province of Al-BaydaGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20BBC Monitoring Report
2026-08-27central reformatory square in Taiz Governorate, Al-Muzaffar DistrictForces of the Presidential Leadership Council — Civilians11Barran Press
2026-08-27Wadi AbidahGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council11CIMP
2026-08-27Dimnat KhadirGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council11CIMP
2026-08-27Hanish island off the coast of Al KhawkhahGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council66CIMP
2026-08-26Ahamah in Al Musaymir.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council11CIMP
2026-08-25Al AbrForces of the Presidential Leadership Council — Civilians11CIMP
2026-08-25south of Hodeidah Governorate.Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council170Xinhua News Agency, Anadolu Agency, Anadolu Agency
2026-08-25Al-Safa area of the Kalabah front northeast of Taiz city [inside the city]Government of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council90Anadolu Agency, Barran Press, al sahil
2026-08-25Al-KanaisGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council10Sheba Intelligence
2026-08-25Al-Abr and Al-WadeaGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen) — Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council21Sheba Intelligence

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days7

  • Yemen (North Yemen): Government1,419
  • Government of Yemen (North Yemen) - Civilians4
  • Unidentified armed groups (Yemen (North Yemen))3
  • Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council - Civilians3
  • IS - Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council2
  • Maqal - Saeed2
  • Dhu Mohammed - Salem1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Yemen: Avoid all travel

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Aden

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2927…340.3 mm35 km/h
Wed, Sep 3029…340.8 mm36 km/hthunderstorm
Thu, Oct 128…340.0 mm39 km/h
Fri, Oct 228…340.0 mm44 km/h
Sat, Oct 329…330.6 mm47 km/h
Sun, Oct 429…330.0 mm46 km/h
Mon, Oct 529…330.6 mm41 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Wheat / KG800 YER3.370%
Wheat flour / KG900 YER3.80-4%
Potatoes / KG1,066.67 YER4.50-25%
Rice (imported) / KG2,400 YER10.12-2%
Salt / KG400 YER1.690%
Sugar / KG1,333.33 YER5.62-8%
Beans (kidney red) / KG2,900 YER12.23-8%
Onions / KG1,666.67 YER7.03+104%
Tomatoes / KG1,133.33 YER4.78+6%
Fuel (diesel) / L1,850 YER7.80+31%
Fuel (petrol-gasoline) / L1,395 YER5.88+16%
Exchange rate (unofficial) / USD/LCU1,555 YER6.56+12%
Wage (non-qualified labour) / Day16,000 YER67.47+8%
Wage (qualified labour) / Day27,000 YER113.85+8%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

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Floods

  • Flood in Yemen · Sep 16, 2025 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)