Artificial Intelligence · Yemen
AI regulation in Yemen: laws & policy (2026)
Yemen shaded by its artificial intelligence status
AI in Yemen: no framework, anchored by No dedicated AI law, national AI strategy, or official AI guidelines. Yemen has no comprehensive data-protection statute either, and state institutions are fragmented by the ongoing armed conflict, leaving no functioning AI governance regime..
Yemen does not regulate artificial intelligence: there is no AI-specific legislation, no enacted or formally proposed national AI strategy, and no government-issued AI principles or guidelines. The country's protracted civil conflict and divided governance have left it among the few states in the MENA region without any national AI roadmap. The only notable AI activity is externally facilitated peacebuilding pilots (e.g., UN-supported digital dialogues), which are programmatic uses of AI rather than acts of regulation.
Key points
Yemen has not enacted any statute governing artificial intelligence and has no general data-protection law that would indirectly cover automated decision-making.
Unlike most MENA states that have launched national AI strategies, Yemen has no published or officially adopted national AI strategy or roadmap.
There are no government-issued ethical AI principles or voluntary guidelines from Yemeni ministries or regulators.
Yemen's ongoing armed conflict and split administration (internationally recognized government vs. de facto authorities) have stalled institutional and digital-policy development, including any AI rulemaking.
Recorded AI activity in Yemen consists mainly of internationally led peacebuilding pilots, such as UN-supported AI-facilitated youth consultations and digital dialogues, rather than domestic regulation of AI.
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