The number of child casualties in Yemen jumped 70% in 2025, and the number of children killed doubled, with an average of one child killed or injured every day [1], Save the Children said. The number of children killed doubled in 2025 compared to the previous year.

Analysis of data collected by the Civilian Impact Monitoring Project (CIMP), part of the Protection Cluster in Yemen, suggested that after more than a decade of conflict, the situation was getting even more deadly for children, and the recent escalation of the conflict in southern Yemen risked worsening the situation.

In 2025 at least 103 children were killed and 246 were injured in 2025, compared with 44 fatalities and 161 injuries in 2024.  

The increase in child casualties was largely driven by airstrikes which killed or injured at least 155 children. Yet with medical care, rehabilitation, and psychosocial support in the country critically underfunded, many children were unable to access the services they need to recover, Save the Children said.