MARCH 1, 2024

SITUATION AT A GLANCE

35.2 MILLION Population of Yemen
UN – January 2024

18.2 MILLION Number of People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
UN – January 2024

4.5 MILLION Number of IDPs in Yemen
UN – January 2024

17.6 MILLION People Likely to Experience Severe Food Insecurity in 2024
UN – January 2024

71,628 Number of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Yemen
UNHCR – October 2023

Nearly 18.2 million people—more than 55 percent of Yemen’s population—will require humanitarian assistance in 2024, according to the 2024 HNO for Yemen, released on February 1. In response, the 2024 HRP requests $2.7 billion to meet the urgent needs of approximately 11.2 million people targeted across the country.

According to a February IPC analysis, nearly 4.6 million people in RoYG-controlled southern Yemen, or approximately 45 percent of the region’s population, are likely to face Crisis—IPC 3—or Emergency—IPC 4—levels of acute food insecurity between October 2023 and February 2024, marking a 12 percent increase since the June-to-December 2023 period.