| APOSO | Agency for Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education |
| BAM | Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark |
| BD | Brčko District |
| BHAS | Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| CCC | Common Core Curriculum Based on Learning Outcomes |
| CEA | Competent Education Authority |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System |
| ESCS | PISA index of economic, social and cultural status |
| EU | European Union |
| FBiH | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ITE | Initial Teacher Education |
| MoCA | Ministry of Civil Affairs |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NESA | National Education Standards Authority |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| PIRLS | Progress in International Reading Literacy Study |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| RS | Republika Srpska |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TIMSS | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| TVET | Training and Vocational Education Training |
| UIS | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| VET | Vocational Education Training |