More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?
Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?
Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper
We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation
Does toilet paper cause 15% of global deforestation?
We investigate the impact of our use of toilet paper on the world鈥檚 forests.
Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs
How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance?
How we shook the world of very large numbers
How an edition of More or Less influenced the naming of enormous numbers
A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers
How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?
Can China's data on covid deaths be trusted?
Is China under-reporting data on Covid related deaths?
Irish pubs - a global numbers game
Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?
Numbers of the Year 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
