Approximately 4.95 million people in the Internationally Recognized Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, warned the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in its latest Acute Food Insecurity Snapshot | May 2025 - February 2026.
IPC which was originally developed in 2004 FAO’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) found that nearly half of the analyzed population in the IRG controlled areas are classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse).
IPC analysis added that “more than 1.5 million people are experiencing IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) conditions, while 3.4 million people are facing IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) conditions.
The situation, according to IPC analysis, is mainly driven by the combined impacts of conflict, ongoing economic decline, rising food and fuel costs, anticipated flooding, a delayed planting season, and a critical reduction in emergency food aid and livelihood support.
IPC analysis expected the food security situation to worsen during the projection period between September 2025 and February 2026, with around 5.38 million people likely to be classified in IPC Phase 3 or above.
Furthermore, if conflict intensifies, combined with lower levels of humanitarian food security assistance in the current period, people already classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) risk sliding into IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe).