Iran vs Yemen

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Middle East region.

Yemen recorded 372 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 181 in Iran, about 2.1 times as many. Estimated deaths: 23,661 in Iran and 1,109 in Yemen. Adjusted for population, Iran had 2 events per million people and Yemen 8.9.

	Iran	Yemen
Events, last 90 days	59	97
Change vs prior 90 days	-14%	+14%
Events, last 12 months	181	372
Est. deaths, last 12 months	23,661	1,109
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	7,196	291
Events per million people	2	8.9
Deaths per million people	256	26.5
Regions with 5+ events	9	15
Main type of violence	State-based	State-based
Most recorded party	Government of Iran	Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council

Iran

Events per month in Iran

Yemen

Events per month in Yemen

Population: World Bank. See methodology.