| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADP | Additional drug package |
| ART | Antiretroviral therapy |
| DALY | Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| DBR | Disability boards of review |
| DHS | Demographic and Health Survey |
| DTP3 | Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis |
| EEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| EPL | Extreme poverty line |
| FAP | Feldsher-Obstetrical Ambulatory point |
| FFDC | Fully funded defined contribution |
| FGP | Family group practice |
| FHIWP | Fund for Health Improvement of the Working People |
| FMC | Family medicine centres |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GIZ | German Development Organisation - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
| GMI | Guaranteed Minimum Income, Kyrgyzstan |
| GoK | Government of Kyrgyzstan |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IZA | Institute of Labor Economics |
| KGS | Kyrgyz som |
| KIHS | Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey |
| LCA | Latent Class Analysis |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MBPF | Monthly Benefit for Poor Families with children |
| MCV | Meningococcal vaccine |
| MHIF | Mandatory Health Insurance Fund |
| MICS | Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys |
| MoES | Ministry of Education and Science, Kyrgyzstan |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance, Kyrgyzstan |
| MoH | Ministry of Health, Kyrgyzstan |
| MoLMY | Ministry of Labour, Migration and Youth, Kyrgyzstan |
| MoLSD | Ministry of Labour and Social Development, Kyrgyzstan |
| MSB | Monthly Social Benefit |
| MSMEs | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| MTBF | Medium-term budgetary framework for 2017-2019, Kyrgyzstan |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment, or Training |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NSC | National Statistics Committee, Kyrgyzstan |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OOP | Out of pocket |
| OPL | Overall poverty line |
| PAYGO | Pay-as-you-go |
| PES | Public Employment Services |
| SF | Social Fund |
| SGBP | State Guaranteed Benefits Package |
| SMSB | Supplementary Monthly Social Benefit |
| SP1 | Solidarity Pillar 1 |
| SP2 | Solidarity Pillar 2 |
| SPDS | Social Protection Development Strategy 2012-14, Kyrgyzstan |
| SPSD | Social Protection System Development Programme 2015-17, Kyrgyz Republic |
| TVET | Technical Vocational Education and Training |
| UMB | Unified Monthly Benefit |
| UN | United Nations |
| UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USD | United States dollar |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| VAT | Value-added tax |