The Space Economy in Figures

Abbreviations and acronyms

ALMA	Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array
ASI	Italian Space Agency (Italy)
ASJC	All Science Journal Classifications
AWS	Amazon Web Services
BDI	Federation of German Industries
BERD	Business enterprise research and development expenditure
BRICS	Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
BDI	Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
CAD	Canadian dollar (currency)
CASC	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
CEOS	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CFC	Chlorofluorocarbons
CGMS	Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
CHF	Swiss franc (currency)
CNES	National Centre for Space Studies (France) Centre National d’Études Spatiales
CNY	Chinese yuan (currency)
COTS	Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
CSA	Canadian Space Agency
DIAS	Copernicus Data and Information Access Services
DLR	German Aerospace Center Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
DSL	Digital subscriber line
EARSC	European Association for Remote Sensing Companies
EGNOS	European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EO	Earth observation
ESA	European Space Agency
ESG	Environmental, social, and governance
EUMETSAT	European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
EUR	Euro (currency)
EUSST	EU Space Surveillance and Tracking
FAA	United States Federal Aviation Administration
FCC	United States Federal Communications Commission
GBP	British pound sterling (currency)
GDP	Gross domestic product
GEO	Geostationary orbit
GEOGLAM	GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GMES	Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GNSS	Global Navigation Satellite system
GPS	Global Positioning System
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
IDA	International Development Association
IMT	International Mobile Telecommunications
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS	International Space Station
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
KRW	Korean won (currency)
LAN	Local area network
LEO	Low-earth orbit
MEO	Medium-earth orbit
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)
NICFI	Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
NMVOC	Non-methane volatile organic compound
NOAA	United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOK	Norwegian krone (currency)
NRO	United States National Reconnaissance Office
NSIL	NewSpace India Limited
ODA	Official development assistance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSINT	Open-source intelligence
PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty
PNT	Positioning, navigation and timing
R&D	Research and development
SAR	Synthetic aperture radar
SKAO	Square Kilometre Array Observatory
SSLV	Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
STI	Science, technology and innovation
UCS	Union of Concerned Scientists
UKSA	UK Space Agency
UN COPUOS	United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
UNOOSA	United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USD	US dollar (currency)
USGS	United States Geological Survey
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WIGOS	WMO Integrated Global Observing System
WMO	World Meteorological Organization
WRC	World Radiocommunication Conference

ISO country codes

 

ISO codes for OECD member countries		ISO codes for other economies
Australia	AUS	Afghanistan	AFG
Austria	AUT	Argentina	ARG
Belgium	BEL	Armenia	ARM
Canada	CAN	Azerbaijan	AZE
Chile	CHL	Bangladesh	BGD
Colombia	COL	Barbados	BRB
Costa Rica	CRI	Benin	BEN
Czechia	CZE	Brazil	BRA
Denmark	DNK	China (People's Republic of)	CHN
Estonia	EST	Colombia	COL
Finland	FIN	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD
France	FRA	Egypt	EGY
Germany	DEU	Fiji	FJI
Greece	GRC	India	IND
Hungary	HUN	Indonesia	IDN
Iceland	ISL	Iran	IRN
Ireland	IRL	Iraq	IRQ
Israel	ISR	Kiribati	KIR
Italy	ITA	Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO
Japan	JPN	Lebanon	LBN
Korea	KOR	Madagascar	MDG
Latvia	LVA	Malaysia	MYS
Lithuania	LTU	Micronesia	FSM
Luxembourg	LUX	Myanmar	MMR
Mexico	MEX	Namibia	NAM
Netherlands	NLD	Nigeria	NGA
New Zealand	NZL	Pakistan	PAK
Norway	NOR	Papua New Guinea	PNG
Poland	POL	Paraguay	PRY
Portugal	PRT	Peru	PER
Slovak Republic	SVK	Russian Federation	RUS
Slovenia	SVN	Samoa	WSM
Spain	ESP	Senegal	SEN
Sweden	SWE	Serbia	SRB
Switzerland	CHE	Solomon Islands	SLB
Türkiye	TUR	South Africa	ZAF
United Kingdom	GBR	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR
United States	USA	Chinese Taipei	TWN
		Tanzania	TZA
		Thailand	THA
		Tonga	TON
		Ukraine	UKR
		Vanuatu	VUT
		Viet Nam	VNM
		Zambia	ZMB