Travel Risk Atlas

Yemen

Western Asia · Capital Sana'a

Each opens that government's own advisory for Yemen — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

77.6 High risk
Atlas Risk Score · 215th safest of 220
Marib — Yemen
Photo: بدرالدين الشهاري / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Yemen as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Abyan — Do not travelAl Bayda' — Do not travelAl Dali' — Do not travelAl Hudaydah — Do not travelAl Hudaydah — Do not travelAl Hudaydah — Do not travelAl Hudaydah — Do not travelAl Jawf — Do not travelAl Mahrah — Do not travelAl Mahwit — Do not travelAmanat Al Asimah — Do not travelAmran — Do not travelDhamar — Do not travelHadramawt — Do not travelHadramawt — Do not travelHadramawt — Do not travelHadramawt — Do not travelHadramawt — Do not travelHajjah — Do not travelIbb — Do not travelLahij — Do not travelMa'rib — Do not travelRaymah — Do not travelSa`dah — Do not travelSana'a — Do not travelSana'a — Do not travelShabwah — Do not travelTa`izz — Do not travelTa`izz — Do not travel`Adan — Do not travel
What governments advise Do not travel

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Yemen by its Atlas Risk Score — 78, High — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Yemen is “do not travel”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryDo not travel. Governments advise against all travel to the whole country, not to particular regions — so there is no safer part of the map to aim for. Travel insurance is normally void here.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Official advisories
25% of score
100/100
218th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
95/100
215th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
83/100
220th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
76/100
192nd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
62/100
175th of 220
Crime
15% of score
57/100
188th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding, drought
45/100
154th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
77/100

Biggest factor here: official advisories. What the US, UK and Dutch governments currently tell their own citizens about travelling here.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
199
Police 199 — services are severely disrupted by the war
Currency
YER
Languages
Arabic
Visa (EU passport)
Visa required
US: Visa required · UK: Visa required
Population
41.8m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Sana'a
Driving
On the right
29.4 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, D, G
220-240V
Basic water access
75%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+967
GDP per capita
$634
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
398k
International arrivals, 2015
Malaria risk
8.0/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Sanaa, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Yemen:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.