Yemen Joint Monitoring Report: Bimonthly Update on Food and Nutrition Security Crisis Risks (January 2025, No.12)

Download Report (PDF | 1.32 MB) KEY MESSAGESYemen is the fourth most food-insecure country in the world, with over half its population, 18.3 million people, projected to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse food insecurity levels by early 2026, including 41,000 people in governorates under Ansar Allah (AA) control projected to face Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), the highest level of the food insecurity classification. Food consumption levels in Yemen remain deeply concerning, with 61% of households nationwide unable to meet their minimum food needs in November 2025. Severe food deprivation (poor food consumption) persists among 35% of families nationwide, with a higher prevalence in AA-controlled governorates, particularly Al Bayda (52%), Raymah (47%), Al Jawf (46%), and Hajjah (45%). In areas under the Government of Yemen (GoY), Ad Dali’ has a poor food consumption prevalence of 51%, followed by Abyan with 42%, and then Lahj and Shabwah with 40%. Risk indicator alerts in October and November were only slightly higher than in August and September, with a similar pattern across the indicators. The proxy food imports indicator, measuring divergence between local and global food commodity prices, continued to raise the highest number of alerts (162 critical and 114 heightened), with the vast majority in AA-controlled governorates, where the US dollar (USD) value of food commodities is much higher than global prices. Food price alerts were raised in most AA governorates, with 62 alerts at heightened risk. While the fuel prices indicator did not record any alerts, the price divergence between local and global fuel commodity prices raised proxy fuel imports alerts, all in AA areas. Displacement alerts were the highest since November 2023, with three critical and seven heightened risk alerts, reflecting the high number of newly displaced households in November 2025, up to 462, almost all owing to conflict. Violent incidents, however, resulted in only 14 conflict alerts, all in AA- controlled governorates. The exchange rate indicator recorded zero alerts for the fourth consecutive month following the appreciation of the Yemeni rial (YER) in GoY areas since August. The drought indicator did not raise any alerts in November. Yemen’s outlook in the short to medium term remains highly fragile countrywide. In GoY areas, recent political and security developments point to elevated risks of further instability. In early December 2025, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which was backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), launched an offensive across southern and eastern governorates, including Hadramawt and Al Maharah, seizing strategic cities and oil-producing areas from Saudi-aligned government forces. Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes and ground operations against STC positions, and by early January 2026, GoY- and Saudi-aligned Homeland Shield forces had retaken key areas, such as Al Mukalla. In AA areas, the outlook is exp Read More