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Yemen: events and estimated deaths in October 2025

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UCDP recorded 27 events of organized violence in Yemen in October 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 48. The low estimate is 38 and the high estimate is 54. UCDP counts 13 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2025 was 21 events.

The count for October 2024 was 7 events. The change from October 2024 to October 2025 is up 286 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Yemen, October 2025 has the 16th highest count of events. Yemen holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in October 2025. In October 2024, the share was 0 percent.

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, October 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Abyan governorate111
al-Jawf governorate24
Amānat al ‘Āşimah governorate11
Dali governorate58
Hudaydah governorate10
Laḩij governorate14
Marib governorate22
Şa‘dah governorate66
Şan‘ā’ governorate11
Taiz governorate610
Figure 1. Events in Yemen, October 2025. The map shows 27 events with 48 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.

Table 2. Yemen, October 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 27 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
21 Oct 2025Al Maḩfid district, Abyan governorateAQAP; Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilNon-state11413

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Yemen: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AQAP111
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council2546
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)2637

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 4. Yemen: events by type of violence, October 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict2489%
Non-state conflict14%
One-sided violence against civilians27%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. 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 October 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/yemen/month/2025-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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