As a result of the worldwide use of electronic devices and the ubiquitous generation and availability of digital information, the nature of the data that is now being generated constantly and in huge quantities and which we call big data has changed dramatically.

Currently, the most important and most complex modern data mining problems are in the “Big Data” section. The concept of big data has been introduced to the scientific community of data analysts relatively recently.

These data have important distinctive properties that distinguish them from data obtained from traditional sources. The data obtained from these innovative sources have an extremely wide range of distribution, an unorganized structure, a huge amount and often arrive in real time.

More reliable information and statistics will help the state authorities to track the results of the work done and ensure that they make decisions on a reliable basis.

Big data is a source of information that cannot be ignored by official statistics.

The article defines the strategic value of big data for official statistics, discusses the organization of the interaction of the statistical service with users, the integration of data from different sources, the intellectual work with information in a digitalization of the economy.

The article reveals the content of the concept of big data, gives its characteristics, argues the possibility of using big data for the preparation of official statistics, and also shows related problems.

Keywords: digital economy, data, big data, official statistics, administrative data, confi­­dentiality of information, burden on respondents, international statistical standards, data integration.