The article discusses the need for a statistical study of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The priority areas of statistical research on entrepreneurship are questions of the forms and scale of entrepreneurial activity, investment and innovation activities of entrepreneurs, and the economic efficiency of entrepreneurial processes. The article provides recommendations for improving the focus of statistical research on entrepreneurial activity.

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activity, entrepreneurship statistics, investment activity, “demography” of enterprises, tasks of entrepreneurship statistics

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