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Inadequate Food Consumption Eases Marginally in October
Food insecurity, measured by inadequate Food Consumption Scores, improved slightly between June and October 2025: a 7.8% decline in Government of Yemen (GoY) areas and a 5.2% decline in Sana'a-Based Authorities (SBA) areas. The improvement was driven by the October–November peak harvest, greater food access from own production, local currency appreciation and falling minimum food basket and commodity prices in GoY areas, and a resumption (though limited) of emergency food assistance in SBA areas.
Despite this modest gain, conditions remain fragile: nearly 50% of households in GoY areas and 38.3% in SBA areas still report inadequate food consumption. Severe food deprivation (poor consumption) is alarmingly high in GoY areas at 22% nationally, and reaches 25–35% in Ad Dali’, Abyan, Marib, and Shabwah governorates.
Economic and health pressures persist: 65.6% of households reported lower main income year-on-year, and about 60% experienced shocks affecting income or food production. The most common shocks were reduced labor/employment opportunities, persistently high food prices (notably in GoY areas), and a high disease burden.
Given Yemen’s position among countries with the largest populations facing emergency-level acute food insecurity, immediate acceleration and scaling up of targeted emergency food and livelihood assistance in the hardest-hit areas is recommended.