πΎπͺ Republic of Yemen (Ψ§ΩΩΩ Ω)
Visiting: Dangerous
Yemen is a high-risk destination. Same-sex relationships are criminalised and can carry the death penalty, which places it 169th for LGBT rights, so LGBT travellers should weigh this carefully. Conflict is the main concern: it ranks 165th, in the bottom twenty, and worse still, the roads are extremely deadly, placed 174th, and freedom is close to absent, ranking 169th. The least bad measure is violent crime, which is common, at 145th, and women's safety is very poor, placed 167th.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people β lower is better.
Yemen: 9.4
Ranked 36th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Nine killings per 100,000 people a year is well above the world average and close to the ten that marks the deadliest countries.
Is it safe to visit?
The war is the risk β the Conflict score is what matters here. The homicide figure is a wartime WHO estimate, and Yemen last counted in 2013.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year β lower is better.
Yemen: 29.8
Ranked 7th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Thirty deaths per 100,000 people a year on the WHO's estimate is a whisker under double the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on the estimate. The rate is twice the world average.
Conflict
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Yemen: 4.29
Ranked 16th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
UN Security Council sanctions over its conflict put Yemen in the dark red. 662 people died in fighting inside the country in the year to July 2026, 45 of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe. Fighting still reaches Hudaydah and Taiz, and the country is split between armed camps with no peace deal.
Freedom
Six freedoms rated 0β4 by Freedom House β protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it β higher is better.
Yemen: 0.30
Ranked 12th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Yemen due process and movement are rated 0, meaning absent, so the courts offer no protection and movement is controlled. Total 3 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
A civil war since 2015 with violence and repression from both sides, hunger and disease, and state institutions that have ceased to function. Courts offer no protection and movement is rated absent.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life β higher is better.
Yemen: Death
Ranked 12th least equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Sharia-based law prescribes death for married men convicted of same-sex acts, and lashes plus prison for others. Red by law.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe. War, famine and militia rule leave the law almost beside the point. Survival requires perfect invisibility.
Women's Safety
Women's safety β feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour β higher is better.
Yemen: 4.26
Ranked 14th least safe country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
Only 43 percent of women feel safe out alone at night and the courts are rated near the bottom for women. Attacks on women were recorded too.
Is it safe to visit?
For a woman travelling alone, Yemen is high risk.