| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AIA | Australian investment abroad |
| AIC | Annual Integrated Collection |
| ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 Edition |
| ANZSIC93 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 Edition |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
| ASX | Australian Stock Exchange |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| BEA | US Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BERD | business expenditure on R&D |
| BoPBEC | Balance of Payments Broad Economic Classifications |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| BPM5 | Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition, 19930 (International Monetary Fund) |
| BPM6 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual |
| CIF | Customs and Insurance Freight |
| CoE | compensation of employees |
| COFC | consumption of fixed capital |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| DIAC | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| DOF | Australian Government Department of Finance |
| DOFI | direct offshore foreign insurer |
| DWP | defence weapons platforms |
| ECS | Engineering Construction Survey |
| ESO | employee stock options |
| f.o.b. | free on board |
| FIA | foreign investment in Australia |
| FISIM | financial intermediation services indirectly measured |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GERD | gross expenditure on R&D |
| GFCE | government final consumption expenditure |
| GFCF | gross fixed capital formation |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GMI | gross mixed income |
| GOS | gross operating surplus |
| GVA | gross value added |
| HERD | higher education expenditure on R&D |
| HIES | Household Income and Expenditure Survey |
| IIP | International Investment Position |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| JPDA | Joint Petroleum Development Area |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NPISH | non-profit institutions serving households |
| NPV | net present value |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PIM | Perpetual Inventory Model |
| PNPERD | private non-profit expenditure on R&D |
| PPP | purchasing power parity |
| PTE | private trading enterprises |
| QBIS | Quarterly Business Indicators Survey |
| R&D | research and development |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| Repo | repurchase agreements |
| SDRs | special drawing rights |
| SESCA08 | Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia 2008 |
| SFI | Survey of Financial Information |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SITS | Survey of International Trade in Services |
| SNA08 | System of National Accounts 2008 version |
| SNA93 | System of National Accounts 1993 |
| Statistics NZ | Statistics New Zealand |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USA | United States of America |