Country: Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. Executive summary Yemen enters 2026 in an increasingly complex operating environment, shaped also by severe funding constraints and a system-wide reform agenda. Millions of people continue to face dire humanitarian conditions, struggling to meet basic needs and access essential services amid protracted crisis, conflict-induced economic deterioration, displacement and climate-related shocks. As coping mechanisms erode, households are becoming more exposed to hunger, preventable diseases and protection risks, with vulnerable and marginalized groups-including women and girls, persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants, refugees and the Muhamasheen-disproportionately affected. A highly challenging operational environment in de facto authorities (DFA)- controlled areas in 2025 particularly affecting UN actors, and substantial funding reductions, led to UN scaling back critical life-saving programmes in the final months of the year. In 2026, more than 22 million people -including 10.95 million women and girls - will require humanitarian assistance and protection services across Yemen. This includes 5.2 million IDPs, 329,000 migrants, and 63,000 refugees and asylum seekers. Acute food insecurity remains alarming: 18.3 million people are acutely food insecure, and the latest integrated phase classification (IPC) analysis indicates further deterioration, including districts shifting from crisis to emergency levels, and pockets of catastrophic conditions affecting some of the most fragile communities. Malnutrition levels remain critically high, with over 2.2 million children under five acutely malnourished including 516,157 with malnutrition (SAM). An additional 1.3 million pregnant and breastfeeding women are also expected to be malnourished. In 2026, 14.4 million people are expected to require wash, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) ass