Yemen
Overview
COVID-19 in Yemen
Key Figures
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People in Need 20,700,000 14% decrease since December 9, 2020
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People Targeted for Assistance 16,000,000 16% decrease since December 1, 2020
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People in Acute Need 12,100,000 15% decrease since December 9, 2020
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Children in Need 12,400,000 1% increase since December 3, 2019
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People in Food Crisis/Emergency (IPC phase 3+) 13,500,000 15% decrease since December 7, 2018
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Acutely Malnourished Children 2,254,663 284% increase since October 27, 2020
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Acutely Malnourished Pregnant and Lactating Women 1,155,653 374% increase since October 27, 2020
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Children IDPs 1,580,000 8% decrease since December 31, 2020
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Displaced People (per year) 27,090 65% increase since February 27, 2021
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Returnees (per year) 366 2% increase since February 27, 2021
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Cholera Suspected Cases (in 2020) 167,278 1% increase since July 26, 2020
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Cholera Deaths (in 2020) 48 2% increase since July 26, 2020
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IDPs since March 2015 4,000,000 10% increase since March 31, 2019
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Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Yemen 138,174 11% decrease since March 18, 2021
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Yemeni Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Somalia 6,895 2% increase since February 28, 2021
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Yemeni Refugees in Jordan 13,756 1% decrease since February 28, 2021
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Yemen 250,860 No change since October 31, 2019
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Yemeni Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Ethiopia 2,252 1% increase since January 31, 2021
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Yemeni Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Sudan 1,972 1% increase since January 31, 2021
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Humanitarian Access Incidents (per month) 244 36% decrease since November 30, 2020
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People Assisted through WFP Food Assistance (per month) 7,900,000 52% increase since December 31, 2020
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New Displacements by Conflict (per year) 398,000 58% increase since December 31, 2018
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New Displacements by Disasters (per year) 31,000 158% increase since December 31, 2018
Key Content
- OCHA: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (15 April 2021)
- UNHCR: Yemen: Humanitarian and displacement situation Taizz governorate, 9 April 2021
- OCHA: Yemen Humanitarian Fund 2020 Annual Monitoring Report
Appeals & Response plans
Latest Updates
- UNHCR: UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, March 2021
- FEWS NET: Global Weather Hazards Summary: April 16 - April 22, 2021
- FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, Projected Food Assistance Needs for October 2021
- Insecurity Insight: Protection in Danger Monthly News Brief March 2021
- FAO: Project Update: Water for food security: Enhancing the resilience of host communities in supporting internally displaced persons and returnees in Yemen (OSRO/YEM/805/KUW)
Useful Links
- Humanitarian InSight: Yemen 2019
- Yemen 2020 Financial Tracking Service
- HR.info Yemen
- United Nations in Yemen
- OCHA Yemen
- UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY)
- UNHCR Yemen Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan data portal
- UNHCR Global Focus
- Food Security Cluster: Yemen
- Logistics Cluster: Yemen
- MAP Yemen
- HRW World Report 2020 - Yemen: Events of 2019