YEMEN IDP REPORT
IOM Yemen| Displacement Tracking Matrix
25 TO 31 October 2026

...From 1 January to 31 October 2026, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 53,226 households (HH) (319,356 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 25 and 31 October 2026, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 2294 households (13764 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:

  • Ta’iz (1183 HHs) – Al Mudhaffar (306 HHs), Ash Shamayatayn (229 HHs), Al Misrakh (201 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate were internal.
  • Lahj (683 HHs) – Al Madaribah Wa Al Aarah (277 HHs), Tuban (182 HHs), Al Maqatirah (134 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Lahj and Ta’iz.
  • Shabwah (159 HHs) – Ataq (132 HHs), Mayfaah (7 HHs), Bayhan (5 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Ta’iz and Al Hodeidah.

The majority of people moved from the following governorates and districts:

  • Ta’iz (1624 HHs) – Al Misrakh (450 HHs), Jabal Habashi (355 HHs), Ash Shamayatayn (212 HHs) districts.
  • Lahj (460 HHs) – Al Madaribah Wa Al Aarah (443 HHs), Tur Al Bahah (7 HHs), Al Qubaytah (5 HHs) districts.
  • Al Hodeidah (103 HHs) – Hays (41 HHs), Al Khukhah (37 HHs), Ad Durayhimi (5 HHs) districts.

IOM identified 653 additional households displaced in the previous reporting period, which covered 18 - 24 October 2026, in the governorates of Aden (466 HHs), Al Maharah (69 HHs), Abyan (40 HHs), Lahj (30 HHs), Ma’rib (28 HHs) Hadramawt (11 HHs), and Ad Dali (9 HHs). These figures have been added to the cumulative displacement total recorded since the beginning of the year....

Original report

Photo: A displaced Yemeni child sits outside a tent at the al-Fardaws displacement camp in Ras Imran, on the outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Sunday, 25 October 2026. Source: AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik.

Themes
• Armed / ethnic conflict
• Destruction of habitat
• Displaced
• Dispossession
• Forced evictions
• Homeless
• Housing rights
• Local
• Public policies
• Regional