AAE | Average Age Efficiency |
AAO | Administrative Arrangement Orders |
AAS | Australian Accounting Standard |
ABA | Australian Broadcasting Authority |
ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
ABN | Australian Business Number |
ABR | Australian Business Register |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ABSBR | ABS Business Register |
AEMO | Australian Energy Market Operator |
AFG | Australian Forest Growers' Association |
AFS | Agricultural Finance Survey |
AGA | Australian Government Actuary |
AHECC | Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification |
AIC | Annual Integrated Collection |
AIS | Annual Industry Statistics |
AIFRS | Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AIMR | Australia's Identified Mineral Resources |
AIP | Australian Institute of Petroleum |
ALC | Average Labour Costs |
ALP | Average Labour Productivity |
ANA | Australian National Accounts |
ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
ANZSIC93 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 |
ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 |
AOFM | Australian Office of Financial Management |
APM | Australian Property Monitors |
APMI | Articles Produced by the Manufacturing Industry |
APRA | Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority |
ARIA | Australian Recording Industry Association |
ARIMA | Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average |
ASAC | Australian Statistical Advisory Council |
ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
ASOM | Australian Students Overseas Model |
ASX | Australian Securities Exchange |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
ATSA | Australian Tourism Satellite Account |
AUD | Australian Dollars |
AWE | Average Weekly Earnings |
AWEX | Australian Wool Exchange |
BACS | Building Activity Survey |
BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis (US) |
BIS | Bank of International Settlement |
BITRE | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics (US) |
BoM | Bureau of Meteorology |
BOP | Balance of Payments |
BoPBEC | Balance of Payments: Broad Economic Category |
BP | Basic Prices |
BPM5 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (fifth edition) |
BPM6 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (sixth edition) |
BSIP | Business Statistics Innovation Program |
C | Final Consumption Expenditure by Households |
CBAs | Central Borrowing Authorities |
CBCS | Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics |
CER | Clean Energy Regulator |
CFBO | Commonwealth Final Budget Outcome |
CGE | Computable General Equilibrium |
CGOP | Company Gross Operating Profit |
CIF/FOB | Cost, Insurance and Freight/Free-on-Board |
CIS | Construction Industry Survey |
COE | Compensation of Employees |
COFC | Consumption of Fixed Capital |
COFOG | Classification of the Functions of Government |
COICOP | Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose |
COPNI | Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households |
COPP | Classification of Outlays of Producers by Purpose |
CPC, Ver. 2 | Central Product Classification, Version 2 |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
CVM | Chain Volume Measures |
DAWE | Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |
DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DFD | Domestic Final Demand |
DGI | Data Gaps Initiative |
DIY | Do-It-Yourself |
DMO | Defence Material Organisation |
DoH | Department of Health |
DPSIR | Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response |
EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
ECS | Engineering Construction Survey |
EDR | Economically Demonstrated Resources |
EG | Enterprise Group |
EN | Enterprise |
EPE | Environmental Protection Expenditure |
ERP | Estimated Resident Population |
ESAA | Energy Supply Association of Australia |
ESC | Employer Social Contributions |
ESUG | Economic Statistics User Group |
ETF | Economic Type Framework |
Eurostat | European Statistics (European Commission) |
FAO | Food & Agriculture Organisation (UN) |
FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
FIFO | First in first out Inventories valuation |
FISIM | Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured |
f.o.b. | Free-on-Board |
FSAM | Foreign Students in Australia Model |
G | Government |
GDI | Gross Disposable Income |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GDP(E) | Gross Domestic Product – Expenditure approach |
GDP(I) | Gross Domestic Product – Income approach |
GDP(P) | Gross Domestic Product – Production approach |
GEI | Gross Entrepreneurial Income |
GFCE | Government Final Consumption Expenditure |
GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
GFSM | Government Finance Statistics Manual (IMF) |
GG | General Government |
GHG | Greenhouse Gas(es) |
GMI | Gross Mixed Income |
GNDI | Gross National Disposable Income |
GNE | Gross National Expenditure |
GNI | Gross National Income |
GOS | Gross Operating Surplus |
GPC | General Purpose Classification |
GSP | Gross State Product |
GSP(E) | Gross State Product – Expenditure Approach |
GSP(I) | Gross State Product – Income Approach |
GSP(I/E) | Gross State Product – combined Income/Expenditure Measure |
GSP(P) | Gross State Product – Production Approach |
GST | Goods and Services Tax |
GVA | Gross Value Added |
HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
HELP | Higher Education Loan Program |
HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
HFCE | Household Final Consumption Expenditure |
HPI | House Price Index |
HTISC | Harmonised Tariff Item Statistical Code |
IBT | Indirect Business Tax (Taxes less Subsidies on Production and Imports) |
ICNPO | International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
ICTIS | Information and Communication Technology Industry Survey |
ICW | (Household) Income, Consumption, Saving and Wealth |
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
IIP | International Investment Position |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMO | Independent Market Operator (WA) |
IMTS | International Merchandise Trade Statistics |
I-O | Input-Output |
IOIG | Input-Output Industry Group |
IOPC | Input-Output Product Classification |
IOUG | Input-Output User Group |
IPD | Implicit Price Deflator |
IPI | Import Price Index |
IRTS | International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics |
ISC | Insurance Service Charge |
ISIC, Rev 4 | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 |
IVA | Inventory Valuation Adjustment |
JPDA | Joint Petroleum Development Area |
K | Capital |
L | Labour |
LE | Legal Entity |
LFS | Labour Force Survey |
LGPC | Local Government Purpose Classification |
LIFO | Last In First out Inventory valuation |
LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
LPI | Labour Price Index |
M | Imports |
MAP | Measures of Australia's Progress |
MDBA | Murray-Darling Basin Authority |
MFP | Multifactor Productivity |
MMF | Money Market Funds |
MMFS | Manual of Monetary and Financial Statistics |
MPDAA | Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia |
MTG | Master Tax Guide |
MTS | Margins, Taxes and Subsidies |
MUMI | Materials Used by the Manufacturing Industry |
MWh | Megawatt hours |
n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
NCT | Net Current Transfers Receivable from Non-Residents |
NCVER | National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
NDP | Net Domestic Product |
NEO | Net Expenditure Overseas |
n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
NIRS | National Information and Referral Service |
NMMF | Non-Money Market Funds |
NNDI | Net National Disposable Income |
NNI | Net National Income |
NOE | Non-Observed Economy |
NPI | Non-Profit Institution |
NPINR | Net Primary Income Receivable from Non-Residents |
NPISH | Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households |
NPV | Net Present Value |
NT | Net Taxes (or Taxes on Production and Imports minus Subsidies on Production and Imports) |
OCV | Other Changes in Volumes |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OEEC | Office of European Economic Co-operation |
OGRA | Oil and Gas Resources of Australia |
ONS | Office of National Statistics |
OTC | Ownership Transfer Costs |
PAYE | Pay-As-You-Earn |
PAYG | Pay-As-You-Go |
PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PC | Productivity Commission |
PDV | Present Discounted Value |
PHIAC | Private Health Insurance Administration Council |
PIK | Payments in kind |
PIM | Perpetual Inventory Method |
PM&C | Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
PP | Purchasers' Prices |
PPI | Producer Price Index |
PVA | Production Valuation Adjustment |
QALI | Quality-Adjusted Labour Inputs |
QBIS | Quarterly Business Indicators Survey |
QG | Quality Gate |
QSU | Quarterly Supply and Use |
R&D | Research and Development |
RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
RECs | Renewable Energy Certificates |
REIA | Real Estate Institute of Australia |
RFCs | Registered Financial Corporations |
RGDI | Real Gross Domestic Income |
RIS | Retail Industry Survey |
RIS/WIS | Retail Industry Survey/Wholesale Industry Survey |
RoW | Rest of World |
RPPI | Residential Property Price Index |
RSE | Relative Standard Error |
RULC | Real Unit Labour Costs |
SAM | Social Accounting Matrix |
SAUG | State Accounts User Group |
SD | Statistical Discrepancy |
SDCs | Source Destination Classifications |
SDRs | Special Drawing Rights |
SEASABS | SEASonal analysis, ABS standards |
SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
SEEA | System Environmental-Economic Accounts |
SESAME | System of Economic and Social Accounting Matrices and Extensions |
SESCA | Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia |
SFD | State Final Demand |
SFE | Sydney Futures Exchange |
SFI | Survey of Financial Information |
SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
SII | Survey of International Investment |
SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
SITE | Survey of International Transport Enterprises |
SITS | Survey of International Trade in Services |
SMLC | Survey of Major Labour Costs |
SMVU | Survey of Motor Vehicle Use |
1968 SNA | System of National Accounts, 1968 |
1993 SNA | System of National Accounts, 1993 |
2008 SNA | System of National Accounts, 2008 |
S-U | Supply and Use |
SUIC | Supply-Use Industry Classification |
SUPC | Supply-Use Product Classification |
TARM | Travel by Australian Residents Model |
TAU | Type of Activity Unit |
TFI | Total Factor Income |
TFES | Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme |
TFRM | Travel by Foreign Residents Model |
THW | Total Hours Worked |
TIU | Total Intermediate Usage |
TNTS | The New Tax System |
TRS | Tourist Refund Scheme |
TSA RMF | Tourism Satellite Accounts: Recommended Methodological Framework |
TUS | Time-Use Survey |
UGOP | Unincorporated Gross Operating Profit |
ULC | Unit Labour Costs |
UN | United Nations |
UNSC | United Nations Statistical Commission |
UNSO | United Nations Statistical Office |
USBC | United States Bureau of the Census |
USD | United States Dollars |
VACP | Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced |
VFACTS | Vehicle Facts (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) |
WET | Wine Equalisation Tax |
WIS | Wholesale Industry Survey |
WoLFS | Work, Life and Family Survey |
WPI | Wage Price Index |
WSAA | Water Supply Association of Australia |
WST | Wholesale Sales Tax |
X | Exports |
Abbreviations
Latest release
Australian System of National Accounts: Concepts, Sources and Methods
Reference period
2020-21 financial year
Released
9/07/2021
AAE | Average Age Efficiency |
AAO | Administrative Arrangement Orders |
AAS | Australian Accounting Standard |
ABA | Australian Broadcasting Authority |
ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
ABN | Australian Business Number |
ABR | Australian Business Register |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ABSBR | ABS Business Register |
AEMO | Australian Energy Market Operator |
AFG | Australian Forest Growers' Association |
AFS | Agricultural Finance Survey |
AGA | Australian Government Actuary |
AHECC | Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification |
AIC | Annual Integrated Collection |
AIS | Annual Industry Statistics |
AIFRS | Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AIMR | Australia's Identified Mineral Resources |
AIP | Australian Institute of Petroleum |
ALC | Average Labour Costs |
ALP | Average Labour Productivity |
ANA | Australian National Accounts |
ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
ANZSIC93 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 |
ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 |
AOFM | Australian Office of Financial Management |
APM | Australian Property Monitors |
APMI | Articles Produced by the Manufacturing Industry |
APRA | Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority |
ARIA | Australian Recording Industry Association |
ARIMA | Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average |
ASAC | Australian Statistical Advisory Council |
ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
ASOM | Australian Students Overseas Model |
ASX | Australian Securities Exchange |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
ATSA | Australian Tourism Satellite Account |
AUD | Australian Dollars |
AWE | Average Weekly Earnings |
AWEX | Australian Wool Exchange |
BACS | Building Activity Survey |
BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis (US) |
BIS | Bank of International Settlement |
BITRE | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics (US) |
BoM | Bureau of Meteorology |
BOP | Balance of Payments |
BoPBEC | Balance of Payments: Broad Economic Category |
BP | Basic Prices |
BPM5 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (fifth edition) |
BPM6 | Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (sixth edition) |
BSIP | Business Statistics Innovation Program |
C | Final Consumption Expenditure by Households |
CBAs | Central Borrowing Authorities |
CBCS | Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics |
CER | Clean Energy Regulator |
CFBO | Commonwealth Final Budget Outcome |
CGE | Computable General Equilibrium |
CGOP | Company Gross Operating Profit |
CIF/FOB | Cost, Insurance and Freight/Free-on-Board |
CIS | Construction Industry Survey |
COE | Compensation of Employees |
COFC | Consumption of Fixed Capital |
COFOG | Classification of the Functions of Government |
COFOG–A | Classification of the Functions of Government – Australia |
COICOP | Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose |
COPNI | Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households |
COPP | Classification of Outlays of Producers by Purpose |
CPC, Ver. 2 | Central Product Classification, Version 2 |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
CVM | Chain Volume Measure |
DAFF | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
DCCEEW | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DFD | Domestic Final Demand |
DGI | Data Gaps Initiative |
DISR | Department of Industry, Science and Resources |
DIY | Do-It-Yourself |
DMO | Defence Material Organisation |
DoF | Department of Finance |
DPSIR | Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response |
EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
ECS | Engineering Construction Survey |
EDR | Economically Demonstrated Resources |
EG | Enterprise Group |
EN | Enterprise |
EPE | Environmental Protection Expenditure |
ERP | Estimated Resident Population |
ESAA | Energy Supply Association of Australia |
ESC | Employer Social Contributions |
ESUG | Economic Statistics User Group |
ETF | Economic Type Framework |
Eurostat | European Statistics (European Commission) |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN) |
FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
FIFO | First in first out Inventories valuation |
FISIM | Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured |
f.o.b. | Free-on-Board |
FSAM | Foreign Students in Australia Model |
G | Government |
GDI | Gross Disposable Income |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GDP(E) | Gross Domestic Product – Expenditure approach |
GDP(I) | Gross Domestic Product – Income approach |
GDP(P) | Gross Domestic Product – Production approach |
GEI | Gross Entrepreneurial Income |
GFCE | Government Final Consumption Expenditure |
GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
GFSM | Government Finance Statistics Manual (IMF) |
GG | General Government |
GHG | Greenhouse Gas(es) |
GMI | Gross Mixed Income |
GNDI | Gross National Disposable Income |
GNE | Gross National Expenditure |
GNI | Gross National Income |
GOS | Gross Operating Surplus |
GSP | Gross State Product |
GSP(E) | Gross State Product – Expenditure Approach |
GSP(I) | Gross State Product – Income Approach |
GSP(I/E) | Gross State Product – combined Income/Expenditure Measure |
GSP(P) | Gross State Product – Production Approach |
GST | Goods and Services Tax |
GVA | Gross Value Added |
HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
HELP | Higher Education Loan Program |
HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
HFCE | Household Final Consumption Expenditure |
HPI | House Price Index |
HTISC | Harmonised Tariff Item Statistical Code |
IBT | Indirect Business Tax (Taxes less Subsidies on Production and Imports) |
ICNPO | International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
ICTIS | Information and Communication Technology Industry Survey |
ICW | (Household) Income, Consumption, Saving and Wealth |
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
IIP | International Investment Position |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMO | Independent Market Operator (WA) |
IMTS | International Merchandise Trade Statistics |
I-O | Input-Output |
IOIG | Input-Output Industry Group |
IOPC | Input-Output Product Classification |
IOUG | Input-Output User Group |
IPD | Implicit Price Deflator |
IPI | Import Price Index |
IRTS | International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics |
ISC | Insurance Service Charge |
ISIC, Rev 4 | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 |
IVA | Inventory Valuation Adjustment |
JPDA | Joint Petroleum Development Area |
K | Capital |
L | Labour |
LE | Legal Entity |
LFS | Labour Force Survey |
LIFO | Last In First out Inventory valuation |
LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
LPI | Labour Price Index |
M | Imports |
MAP | Measures of Australia's Progress |
MDBA | Murray-Darling Basin Authority |
MFP | Multifactor Productivity |
MMF | Money Market Funds |
MMFS | Manual of Monetary and Financial Statistics |
MPDAA | Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia |
MTG | Master Tax Guide |
MTS | Margins, Taxes and Subsidies |
MUMI | Materials Used by the Manufacturing Industry |
MWh | Megawatt hours |
n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
NCT | Net Current Transfers Receivable from Non-Residents |
NCVER | National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
NDP | Net Domestic Product |
NEO | Net Expenditure Overseas |
n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
NIRS | National Information and Referral Service |
NMMF | Non-Money Market Funds |
NNDI | Net National Disposable Income |
NNI | Net National Income |
NOE | Non-Observed Economy |
NPI | Non-Profit Institution |
NPINR | Net Primary Income Receivable from Non-Residents |
NPISH | Non-Profit Institution Serving Households |
NPV | Net Present Value |
NT | Net Taxes (or Taxes on Production and Imports minus Subsidies on Production and Imports) |
OAD | Overseas Arrivals and Departures |
OCV | Other Changes in Volumes |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OEEC | Office of European Economic Co-operation |
OGRA | Oil and Gas Resources of Australia |
ONS | Office of National Statistics |
OTC | Ownership Transfer Costs |
PAYE | Pay-As-You-Earn |
PAYG | Pay-As-You-Go |
PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PC | Productivity Commission |
PDV | Present Discounted Value |
PHIAC | Private Health Insurance Administration Council |
PIK | Payments in kind |
PIM | Perpetual Inventory Method |
PM&C | Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
PP | Purchasers' Prices |
PPI | Producer Price Index |
PVA | Production Valuation Adjustment |
QALI | Quality-Adjusted Labour Inputs |
QBIS | Quarterly Business Indicators Survey |
QG | Quality Gate |
QSU | Quarterly Supply and Use |
R&D | Research and Development |
RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
RECs | Renewable Energy Certificates |
REIA | Real Estate Institute of Australia |
RFCs | Registered Financial Corporations |
RGDI | Real Gross Domestic Income |
RIS | Retail Industry Survey |
RIS/WIS | Retail Industry Survey/Wholesale Industry Survey |
RoW | Rest of World |
RPPI | Residential Property Price Index |
RSE | Relative Standard Error |
RULC | Real Unit Labour Costs |
SAM | Social Accounting Matrix |
SAUG | State Accounts User Group |
SD | Statistical Discrepancy |
SDCs | Source Destination Classifications |
SDRs | Special Drawing Rights |
SEASABS | SEASonal analysis, ABS standards |
SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
SEEA | System Environmental-Economic Accounts |
SESAME | System of Economic and Social Accounting Matrices and Extensions |
SESCA | Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia |
SFD | State Final Demand |
SFE | Sydney Futures Exchange |
SFI | Survey of Financial Information |
SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
SII | Survey of International Investment |
SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
SITE | Survey of International Transport Enterprises |
SITS | Survey of International Trade in Services |
SMLC | Survey of Major Labour Costs |
SMVU | Survey of Motor Vehicle Use |
1968 SNA | System of National Accounts, 1968 |
1993 SNA | System of National Accounts, 1993 |
2008 SNA | System of National Accounts, 2008 |
S-U | Supply-Use |
SUIC | Supply-Use Industry Classification |
SUPC | Supply-Use Product Classification |
TARM | Travel by Australian Residents Model |
TAU | Type of Activity Unit |
TFI | Total Factor Income |
TFES | Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme |
TFRM | Travel by Foreign Residents Model |
THW | Total Hours Worked |
TIU | Total Intermediate Usage |
TNTS | The New Tax System |
TRA | Tourism Research Australia |
TRS | Tourist Refund Scheme |
TSA RMF | Tourism Satellite Accounts: Recommended Methodological Framework |
TUS | Time-Use Survey |
UGOP | Unincorporated Gross Operating Profit |
ULC | Unit Labour Costs |
UN | United Nations |
UNSC | United Nations Statistical Commission |
UNSO | United Nations Statistical Office |
US | United States |
USCB | United States Census Bureau |
USD | United States Dollars |
VACP | Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced |
VFACTS | Vehicle Facts (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) |
WET | Wine Equalisation Tax |
WIS | Wholesale Industry Survey |
WoLFS | Work, Life and Family Survey |
WPI | Wage Price Index |
WSAA | Water Supply Association of Australia |
WST | Wholesale Sales Tax |
X | Exports |
Changes to the list of abbreviations
From 04/03/2024 there have been changes made to the list of abbreviations.
General Purpose Classification (GPC) and Local Government Purpose Classification (LGPC) have been removed. Classification of the Function of Government- Australia (COFOG-A) has been added.