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Yemen: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 31 eventsP of organized violence in Yemen in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 56P. The low estimate is 48 and the high estimate is 58P. UCDP counts 23P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 33 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 41 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 24 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Yemen, May 2026 has the 11th highest count of events. Yemen holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 2 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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, May 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Abyan governorate13
Amran governorate23
Dali governorate59
Hudaydah governorate25
Ibb governorate22
Laḩij governorate34
Marib governorate38
Şa‘dah governorate615
Shabwah governorate22
Taiz governorate22

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Yemen, May 2026. The map shows 31 events with 56 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 May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P2P
ASTC3P4P
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council20P37P
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)21P37P
Group named for a person (name not shown)2P9P
Harash2P3P
Rabi1P3P
Shabira2P3P
Shabwan1P6P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 3. Yemen: events by type of violence, May 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict17P55%
Non-state conflict8P26%
One-sided violence against civilians6P19%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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.

Yemen: all figures

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ConflictStats. Yemen: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/yemen/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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