Country profile · YEM

Yemen, Rep.

In Yemen, Rep., 1 of the 7 principal vector species is recorded present, with an estimated 1,362,711 malaria cases (WHO, 2024).

1 / 7
vector species recorded
1.4M
est. malaria cases / yr
10
research works (author affiliation)
Yes
one Aedes (within band)

Country facts

Dimension data reconciled to ISO-3166. Population and classifications from the World Bank.
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Income group
Low income
Population
41,773,878
ISO codes
YEM · YE

Vector presence

GBIF occurrence records for the 7 principal vectors. A count is records, not abundance.
1 of 7 recorded
Read this honestly
GBIF is presence-only and effort-biased. A 0 / no record means no occurrence has been digitised for Yemen, Rep., not that the species is absent, under-surveyed countries look emptier than they are. Country-level presence is the reliable layer.

Disease burden

WHO Global Health Observatory, latest available reporting year per country.
Malaria
3,406 deaths · 52.2 per 1,000 at risk
1,362,711
WHO 2024
Yellow fever
reported cases
0
reported 2021
Japanese encephalitis
reported cases
0
reported 2021
Null is not zero
No data means the indicator is not reported or the disease is not endemic, it is never shown as 0. A real reported 0 is kept as 0. WHO GHO carries no global dengue dataset, Aedes-borne risk is proxied by competent-vector presence above, not case counts.

Risk classification

A Mosticare-derived first filter, competent-vector presence within the climatic band.
Class
one Aedes (within band)
Vector richness
1 of 7
Aedes present
Yes
Malaria endemic
Yes
What this is not
The class combines vector presence with a coarse |latitude| ≤ 45 climatic envelope. It is a first filter for transmission plausibility, not a calibrated environmental-suitability model. Do not read it as measured risk.

Interventions in play

Engineered-intervention research targeting the vectors recorded in Yemen, Rep.. Global research activity, not trials on this country’s soil.
Wolbachia 161 · SIT / IIT 144 · GM release 128 · Gene drive 85
518
works
Mosticare Ühing (2026). Mosquito Intelligence Atlas, vector distribution, disease burden, and engineered-intervention literature. Derived from GBIF, WHO GHO, World Bank, OpenAlex and Natural Earth. https://www.mosticare.org/atlas
Data vintage 2026-07-12. Independent of the funded programmes.