| AMNE | Activities of Multinational Enterprises |
| BEI | Balance on Earned Income |
| BEPS | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
| BD4 | (OECD) Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment, fourth edition |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| BPM | (the International Monetary Fund) Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual |
| BPM6 | (the International Monetary Fund) Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition |
| BPM7 | (the International Monetary Fund) Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Seventh Edition |
| BTI | Balance on Transfer Income |
| CAB | Current Account Balance |
| CDIS | (the International Monetary Fund) Coordinated Direct Investment Survey |
| CFC | Consumption of Fixed Capital |
| CII | Collective Investment Institution |
| COPC | Current Operating Performance Concept |
| CU | Currency Union |
| DIE | Direct Investment Enterprise |
| DIIC | Direct Influence/Indirect Control Method |
| EC | Extension of Capacity |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EcUn | Economic Union |
| eSUT | Extended Supply/Use Table |
| EU | European Union |
| FATS | Foreign AffiliaTe Statistics |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDIR | Framework for Direct Investment Relationships |
| G20 | Group of 20 |
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDI | Gross Domestic Income |
| GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| GI | Greenfield Investment |
| GNI | Gross National Income |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IIP | International Investment Position |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| ITRS | International Transactions Reporting System |
| KAB | Capital Account Balance |
| M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MMF | Money Market Funds |
| MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
| MSITS | Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services |
| NAFA | Net Acquisition of Financial Assets |
| NAV | Net Asset Value |
| NBS | National Balance Sheet |
| NFA | Net Financial Accounts |
| NIA | Net Income from Abroad |
| NIL | Net Incurrence of Liabilities |
| NLB | Net Lending/Borrowing |
| NPISH | Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households |
| OCV | Other Changes in Volume |
| OFATS | Outward Foreign AffiliaTe Statistics |
| OFBV | Own Funds at Book Value |
| OPC | Other Price Changes |
| PMM | Participation Multiplication Method |
| PO | Proportional Ownership |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RIE | Reinvested Earnings |
| SDMX | Standard Data and Metadata eXchange |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SPE | Special Purpose Entity |
| STEC | Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics statistics |
| TEC | Trade by Enterprise Characteristics statistics |
| TiVA | Trade in Value Added |
| UBO | Ultimate Beneficial Owner |
| UCI | Ultimate Controlling Institutional Unit |
| UCP | Ultimate Controlling Parent |
| UHE | Ultimate Host Economy |
| UIE | Ultimate Investing Economy |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| US GAAP | United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| WTA | Winner Takes All |
| WGIIS | Working Group on International Investment Statistics |
OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment (Fifth Edition)
