| AIFC | Astana International Financial Centre |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| DAMU | Entrepreneurship Development Fund |
| DigitEL | Digital Era Lifestyle programme |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECP | Eurasia Competitiveness Program |
| ERI | Economic Research Institute |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPR | Intellectual property rights |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| KPI | Key performance indicator |
| KZT | Kazakh tenge (currency) |
| MDDIAI | Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry |
| NDS | National digital strategy |
| NSO | National statistical office |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PPD | Public-private dialogue |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PPPs | Public-private partnerships |
| SME | Small and medium sized enterprise |
| SOE | State-owned enterprise |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| USD | US dollar (currency) |
| VAT | Value added tax |
| WG | Working Group |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |