| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| BAPPENAS | Kementerian Negara Perencanaan Pembangunan, Ministry for Planning and Development |
| BDT | Basis Data Terpadu, see also UDB |
| Bidikmisi | Student Special Assistance |
| BPJS | Badan Pengelola Jaminan Sosial, National Social Security Administering Body |
| DJSN | National Social Security Council |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GoI | Government of Indonesia |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah |
| IFLS | Indonesian Family Life Survey |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| JKN | Program Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, Public Health Insurance |
| KIS | Kartu Indonesia Sehat, Healthy Indonesia Card |
| KUBE | Kelompok Usaha Bersama, Co-operative Business Groups |
| MoEC | Ministry of Education and Culture |
| MoEMR | Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| MoPWPH | Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing |
| MoRA | Ministry of Religious Affairs |
| MoRTHE | Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education |
| MoSA | Ministry of Social Affairs |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPHI | Oxford Poverty Development Initiative |
| PBI | Penerima Bantuan Iuran, Non-contributory health programme |
| PBPU | Non-wage or informal workers |
| PEKKA | Perempuan Kepala Keluarga, Female-Headed Household Empowerment Program |
| PIP | Indonesian smart card |
| PKH | Program Keluarga Harapan, Family of Hope conditional cash transfer programme |
| PODES | Potensi Desa |
| PPLS 2011 | Pendataan Program Perlindungan Sosial or Data Collection on Social Protection Programmes for 2011 |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PT ASABRI | Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata, Social insurance for the Armed Forces |
| PT TASPEN | Tabungan dan Asuransi Pensiun, Civil Servants Insurance Savings |
| RPJMN | National Medium Term Development Plan, Indonesia |
| SJSN | Sistem Jaminan Sosial Nasional, National Social Security System |
| SUSENAS | Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional, National Socioeconomic Survey |
| TNP2K | Tim Nasional Percepatan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan, National Team for Accelerating Poverty Reduction |
| UDB | Unified Database for Targeting, see also BDT |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | UN Development Programme |
| UNICEF | UN Children’s Fund |
| USD | United States dollar |