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John Burn-Murdoch

Chief Data Reporter

John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the weekly Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

Email John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Data PointsHealth
    We may have passed peak obesity

    Weight loss drugs appear to be having an effect at the population level

    Montage of images. An old fashioned bathroom scale with a red chart line showing the peak and dip of US obesity in the background.
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    FT readers respond
    FT readers respond: why are young men struggling to find work?

    Commenters discuss the latest figures on the male education deficit — join the debate

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Out of work and unwell: the worrying rise of young people on benefits

    Data shows increasing numbers in rich countries turning to welfare

    Montage image showing people with their backs turned and a couple of chart lines
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Data PointsDemographics and population
    Young women are starting to leave men behind

    Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions

    Four people stood in line, with the first two women and second two men
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Data PointsUK immigration
    Time for a grown-up conversation about immigration

    Failing to acknowledge imperfect outcomes and trade-offs is impoverishing the debate

    Montage of a cutout photo of a pile of suitcases and bags against the blue and red lines of a bar chart
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    France uses Olympics home advantage to boost medals tally

    Nation emulated other hosts by centralising expertise and allocating bigger training budgets ahead of Games

    Mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, swimmer Léon Marchand and judoka Teddy Riner
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Data PointsPolitics
    Green parties need to decide who and what they are for

    Electoral success across Europe is exposing contradictions and hypocrisy

    Montage of images of a persons hands holding up a sign that reads ‘Save the Planet’ with chart lines running over it showing support for Green parties
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Data PointsSport
    Are the super shoes used in Olympic races distorting results?

    New technology is creating an uneven playing field in athletics

    A bright neon green Nike ZoomX running shoe with a vibrant multicolored sole, featuring shades of yellow, orange, and blue, is displayed against a beige background. A red zigzag line and an upward-pointing arrow are overlaid on the background
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    ExplainerUS presidential election 2024
    Harris draws level with Trump in race for the White House

    FT polling analysis shows the Democrats’ probable candidate has revitalised her party’s campaign in just over a week

    Montage of Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and chart lines
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
    Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

    The vice-president is polling better than Joe Biden, but is not yet in winning territory

    Montage image of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, along with chart lines
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Data PointsFootball
    Was Gareth Southgate great, or just lucky?

    The former England manager elevated the national team, but easy routes through tournaments flatter his record

    Montage of images of Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    Why is the populist right surging across Europe, but not Britain?

    It would be naive to see the UK as immune to this phenomenon; Reform UK is not yet ready

    Marine Le Pen, Nigel Farage and Giorgia Meloni with red and blue graph lines running behind them
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    Will Labour be able to maintain its coalition of contradictions?

    The record win in this week’s election is built on flimsy foundations that could quickly fracture

    Montage image showing Keir Starmer and chart lines in red and blue
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    How the Conservatives came to the brink of wipeout

    The party risks learning the wrong lessons from a historic defeat

    A composite of a rear view of Boris Johnson against a chart line of declining Tory poll numbers
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Political Fix podcast29 min listen
    Campaign catch-up: Why this UK election result could be the most distorted ever

    Plus, how the seeds of Tory collapse were sown in 2019

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Data Points: the UK general election

    A special series of columns from our chief data reporter in the run-up to the July 4 vote

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    Brace for the most distorted election result in British history

    The demolition of parties to the right will raise fresh doubts about first past the post

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    The seeds of the Tory collapse were sown in 2019

    Pandemic lockdowns, partygate and Liz Truss’s ‘mini’ Budget were all mere blips on a clear linear trend

    Montage image of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and a chart of political party polling
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Data PointsRenewable energy
    How red Texas became a model for green energy

    The state’s solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics

    Montage image of a solar panel, Texan flag and chart lines
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Why Britain is the world’s worst on homelessness

    Insufficient housing, an eroded social sector and diminished state support made tens of thousands destitute

    House keys with a mini-house on the keyring
  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Life & Arts
    How good were Klopp’s Liverpool?

    What the data tells us about the outgoing manager’s record

  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Data PointsMedia
    How our sense of economic reality is being distorted

    A new study adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world

    Montage image of chart lines and a TV with the Fox News logo on the screen
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
    The problem with polling America’s young voters

    Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal — and can mislead

    Montage image of a woman in a polling booth
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Data PointsGlobal migration
    The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

    English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent

    Montage image of three suitcases and a chart line
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Data PointsTransport
    Why are American roads so dangerous?

    Bad driving is probably playing a bigger role in the fatality rate than larger cars and longer journeys

    Montage image showing a pick-up truck and a signpost with an exclamation mark
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