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Yemen displacement passes 200,000 as IOM records 201,217 people

Conflict

Severity score94 / 100 · Critical

How the score is calculated

The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.

Affected people
1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
Deaths
1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
Displaced people
1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
Casualties
100 or more: +8
Story wording
+10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.

Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.

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Last verified7 Oct 2026
Date
Status
ONGOING · 201,217 DISPLACED · 5,166 CASUALTIES SINCE 6 AUGUST
Aid Zone
MIDDLE EAST
Countries
Yemen
Agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) / World Food Programme (WFP) / International Rescue Committee (IRC) / World Health Organization (WHO)
An IOM staff member speaks with a displaced man beside temporary shelters in Yemen
IOM photograph published 7 October 2026 · displaced families in Ma’rib; contextual image for the west-coast displacement report Photo: IOM Yemen / 2026
Story image for Yemen displacement passes 200,000 as IOM records 201,217 people
International Rescue Committee (IRC), 14 September 2026

In brief

  • What happenedIOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix recorded 201,217 people, or 33,535 households, displaced cumulatively since the escalation began in June 2026, as of 6 October.
  • How many affectedAffected persons: 201,217 · Displaced persons: 201,217 · Deaths: 959
  • What help is neededWomen, children and people with disabilities face heightened protection risks as access to essential services is disrupted.

What changed

Updated verified snapshot

This record was first dated 2026-09-14 and last verified 2026-10-07.

Situation

IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix recorded 201,217 people, or 33,535 households, displaced cumulatively since the escalation began in June 2026, as of 6 October. Within that source series, approximately 200,161 people, or 33,359 households, were displaced between 1 August and 6 October. IOM reported an increase of 27,072 internally displaced people compared with its 4 October report. These observations share one IOM DTM update and are not added together.

IOM previously reported that more than 184,000 people were displaced between 1 August and 4 October 2026 as fighting intensified in Yemen. Its Displacement Tracking Matrix recorded 21,798 people, or 3,633 households, displaced at least once between 27 September and 3 October, a 26 per cent increase on the previous week, followed by another 6,474 people, or 1,079 households, displaced on 4 October alone. These reporting-period figures are not added to the broader more-than-184,000 observation.

The preceding IOM DTM update 12 reported a cumulative 152,856 people, or 25,476 households, displaced across seven governorates since the escalation began in June 2026. Within that earlier series, approximately 151,794 people, or 25,299 households, were displaced between 1 August and 29 September. The 22 September IOM DTM snapshot recorded 132,330 people, or 22,055 households, displaced cumulatively since June. All remain in the evidence history as dated observations.

The earlier IRC report documented more than 80,000 people displaced after fighting escalated between Ansar Allah and the Internationally Recognized Government in early September 2026. The latest movement followed the fall of the strategic port city of Al Mokha, with many families forced to flee for the second time in a matter of weeks. Families arriving in host communities reported leaving belongings, livestock and livelihoods behind. Women, children and people with disabilities face heightened protection risks as access to essential services is disrupted.

Schools are being converted into emergency shelters as the new school year begins, suspending children's education without a clear timeline for reopening. The IRC called on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, allow safe and timely humanitarian access, and on donors to sustain and urgently increase emergency funding.

The IRC is expanding cash assistance for displaced families in Aden and deploying mobile health teams across Aden, Lahj, Al Dhale'e and Abyan. Existing health, nutrition and protection services continue in Abyan, Al Dhale'e, Lahj and Shabwah, although access constraints limit the response. IOM said all newly displaced families need food, shelter and other basic assistance; a rapid protection assessment in three Ma'rib sites found unsafe shelter was the most critical vulnerability and that about 45 per cent of assessed households had been displaced before.

On 2 October, WFP reported that renewed fighting had displaced more than 149,000 people, attributing the figure to IOM and noting that many had already experienced conflict-related displacement. This WFP-reported, IOM-attributed observation remains a separate series because WFP's release does not define its full geographic or time scope or link the underlying IOM DTM table. It is not arithmetically reconciled with IOM DTM updates or the new IOM observation and must not be read as 149,000 unique newly displaced people.

WHO's Eastern Mediterranean office reported on 4 October that the escalation had caused 5,166 casualties, including 959 deaths, since 6 August. It recorded 685 new casualties during the preceding six days and said daily casualties in Taiz rose from eight to 109 within the week. WHO's casualty series is retained separately from IOM's displacement observations; no injury count is inferred by subtracting deaths from total casualties.

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WorldsAid verification

A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 11 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the event, place and reporting date. 29 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.

Verified figures

Affected persons
201,217 retained at 2026-10-07
Displaced persons
201,217 retained at 2026-10-07
Deaths
959 retained at 2026-10-07
Casualties
5,166 retained at 2026-10-07
Cumulative displacement since June
201,217 people · 33,535 households · IOM DTM · as of 6 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-07
Displacement from 1 August to 6 October
Approximately 200,161 people · 33,359 households · IOM DTM retained at 2026-10-07
Change since the 4 October report
27,072 internally displaced people · reported explicitly by IOM DTM retained at 2026-10-07
Households unable to meet basic food needs
74% · accessible Government of Yemen areas monitored by WFP · reported 2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-07
People facing acute food insecurity
18.3 million nationwide · WFP · reported 2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-07
Children under five acutely malnourished
2.2 million · including 500,000 with severe acute malnutrition · WFP retained at 2026-10-07
Conflict casualties since 6 August
5,166 · including 959 deaths · WHO EMRO · as of 4 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-07
New casualties in the preceding six days
685 · average 114 per day · WHO EMRO retained at 2026-10-07
Taiz daily casualties
Rose from 8 to 109 within the week · WHO EMRO retained at 2026-10-07
People displaced from 1 August to 4 October
More than 184,000 · IOM DTM · lower-bound numeric display retained at 2026-10-07
Displacement from 27 September to 3 October
21,798 people · 3,633 households · displaced at least once · 26% increase on the previous week retained at 2026-10-07
Displacement on 4 October
6,474 people · 1,079 households · displaced at least once retained at 2026-10-07
Earlier cumulative observation
152,856 people · 25,476 households · cumulative since June 2026 · IOM DTM update 12 retained at 2026-10-07
Displaced households
25,476 · cumulative since June 2026 · IOM DTM update 12 retained at 2026-10-07
Displacement from 1 August to 29 September
Approximately 151,794 people · 25,299 households · IOM DTM update 12 retained at 2026-10-07
Increase from the previous report
2,892 people · from 129,438 to 132,330 retained at 2026-10-07
Displacement from 1 August to 20 September
131,274 people · 21,879 households retained at 2026-10-07
People crossing from Yemen to Djibouti
3,106 · as of the evening of 20 September 2026 retained at 2026-10-07
Repeated displacement
Many families fled for the second time within weeks retained at 2026-10-07
Schools affected
Schools converted into emergency shelters as the new term begins retained at 2026-10-07
IRC cash-assistance location
Aden retained at 2026-10-07
Mobile-health deployment
Aden, Lahj, Al Dhale'e and Abyan retained at 2026-10-07
Continuing IRC services
Health, nutrition and protection in Abyan, Al Dhale'e, Lahj and Shabwah retained at 2026-10-07
WFP-reported IOM displacement observation
More than 149,000 people · reported 2 October 2026 · scope not reconciled with the 22 September IOM DTM snapshot retained at 2026-10-07
Repeated displacement in assessed Ma'rib sites
Approximately 45% of assessed households had experienced displacement before · IOM rapid protection assessment retained at 2026-10-07

What we knew when

  1. WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
  2. Earlier IRC observation retained · more than 80,000 people displaced since the September escalation began preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  3. IOM DTM intermediate observation · 118,086 people displaced preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  4. IOM DTM update · 129,438 people or 21,573 households displaced across seven governorates preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  5. IOM DTM update 10 · 132,330 people or 22,055 households displaced cumulatively since June preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  6. WFP-reported, IOM-attributed observation · renewed fighting displaced more than 149,000 people; many had experienced earlier conflict displacement preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  7. IOM DTM WEST COAST UPDATE 12 · 152,856 PEOPLE / 25,476 HOUSEHOLDS DISPLACED CUMULATIVELY SINCE JUNE preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  8. IOM DTM · MORE THAN 184,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED BETWEEN 1 AUGUST AND 4 OCTOBER preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  9. WHO EMRO · 5,166 CASUALTIES INCLUDING 959 DEATHS SINCE 6 AUGUST; 685 NEW CASUALTIES IN SIX DAYS preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  10. WFP · 74% OF MONITORED HOUSEHOLDS IN ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN AREAS UNABLE TO MEET BASIC FOOD NEEDS; 18.3 MILLION PEOPLE ACUTELY FOOD INSECURE NATIONWIDE preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
  11. IOM DTM · 201,217 PEOPLE / 33,535 HOUSEHOLDS DISPLACED CUMULATIVELY SINCE JUNE THROUGH 6 OCTOBER preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source

Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.

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