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Yemen: events and estimated deaths in January 2025

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UCDP recorded 34 events of organized violence in Yemen in January 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 53. The low estimate is 46 and the high estimate is 81. UCDP counts 10 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2024 was 28 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Yemen, January 2025 has the 9th highest count of events. Yemen holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2025.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Yemen, January 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Abyan governorate24
al-Jawf governorate34
Bayda governorate86
Dali governorate11
Hudaydah governorate11
Marib governorate411
Şa‘dah governorate11
Şan‘ā’ governorate11
Shabwah governorate36
Taiz governorate815
Figure 1. Events in Yemen, January 2025. The map shows 34 events with 53 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Yemen has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Yemen: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AQAP48
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council2549
Government of Israel11
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)3045
IS61

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 3. Yemen: events by type of violence, January 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict2882%
Non-state conflict412%
One-sided violence against civilians26%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Yemen, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 2026232P2,924PCandidate Events
August 2026122P1,484PCandidate Events
July 202643P238PCandidate Events
June 202627P55PCandidate Events
May 202631P56PCandidate Events
April 202633P56PCandidate Events
March 202629P69PCandidate Events
February 202623P55PCandidate Events
January 202636P159PCandidate Events
December 202559233GED
November 20252859GED
October 20252748GED
September 202521114GED
August 20251851GED
July 20252645GED
June 20252848GED
May 202541113GED
April 202554396GED
March 202558501GED
February 20252657GED
January 20253453GED
December 20242879GED
November 2024415GED
October 2024732GED
September 2024927GED
August 2024937GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Yemen: events and estimated deaths in January 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/yemen/month/2025-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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