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Irish pubs - a global numbers game
Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?
What are the numbers of 2022?
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
Qatar World Cup: The pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Why is data so important in determining how we live?
Tim Harford on how good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
World Cup in Qatar: How many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the Fifa football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
Lula’s 'zero deforestation' plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil’s new president save it?
Can China’s GDP data be trusted?
Are China’s most recent figures for economic growth wrong?
