Prospectus: Risk/Return: Document Type Document Period End Date Registrant Name Central Index Key Amendment Flag Amendment Description Trading Symbol Document Creation Date Document Effective Date Prospectus Date Document [Axis] Prospectus Performance Measure [Axis] Before Taxes After Taxes on Distributions and Sales RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES After Taxes on Distributions RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS Series [Axis] Series SPDR(R) Dow Jones Total Market ETF Member S000006973 [Member] SPDR(R) Dow Jones Total Market ETF Share Class [Axis] Share Classes SPDR(R) Dow Jones Total Market ETF C000019026 [Member] SPDR(R) Dow Jones Total Market ETF,SPDR(R) Dow Jones Total Market ETF Member Risk/Return [Heading] Objective [Heading] Objective, Primary [Text Block] Objective, Secondary [Text Block] Expense [Heading] Expense Narrative [Text Block] Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] Shareholder Fees [Table] Operating Expenses Caption [Text] Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table] Expense Footnotes [Text Block] Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] Expenses Range of Exchange Fees [Text Block] Expense Example [Heading] Expense Example by Year [Heading] Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] Expense Example, With Redemption [Table] Expense Example, No Redemption Narrative [Text Block] Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] Expense Example, No Redemption [Table] Expense Example Footnotes [Text Block] Expense Example Closing [Text Block] Portfolio Turnover [Heading] Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] Strategy [Heading] Strategy Narrative [Text Block] Risk [Heading] Risk Narrative [Text Block] Risk Footnotes [Text Block] Risk Closing [Text Block] Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] Performance Narrative [Text Block] Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block] Bar Chart [Heading] Bar Chart [Table] Bar Chart Footnotes [Text Block] Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] Performance Table Heading Performance Table Narrative Performance [Table] Market Index Performance [Table] Performance Table Footnotes Performance Table Closing [Text Block] Shareholder Fees: Shareholder Fees Column [Text] Maximum Cumulative Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) Maximum Cumulative Sales Charge (as a percentage) Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage) Maximum Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions (as a percentage) Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) Redemption Fee Redemption Fee Exchange Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) Exchange Fee Maximum Account Fee (as a percentage of Assets) Maximum Account Fee Shareholder Fee, Other Operating Expenses: MANAGEMENT FEES Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) Management Fees DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) FEES Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees OTHER EXPENSES Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): OTHER EXPENSES Other Expenses TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Operating Expenses Column [Text] Distribution or Similar (Non 12b-1) Fees Component1 Other Expenses Component2 Other Expenses Component3 Other Expenses ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses LESS CONTRACTUAL FEE WAIVER LESS CONTRACTUAL FEE WAIVER Fee Waiver or Reimbursement Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) NET ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES NET ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES Expense Example: YEAR 1 Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year Year 1 YEAR 3 Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years Year 3 YEAR 5 Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years YEAR 10 Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years Expense Example, By Year, Column [Text] Column Expense Example, No Redemption: Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Column [Text] Column Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year 1 Year Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years 3 Years 5 Years Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years 10 Years Bar Chart Table: Caption Annual Return Caption [Text] Annual Return, Column [Text] Column Inception Date Annual Return, Inception Date Annual Return 1990 Annual Return 1991 Annual Return 1992 Annual Return 1993 Annual Return 1994 Annual Return 1995 Annual Return 1996 Annual Return 1997 Annual Return 1998 Annual Return 1999 Annual Return 2000 Annual Return 2001 2002 Annual Return 2002 2003 Annual Return 2003 Annual Return 2004 2004 2005 Annual Return 2005 Annual Return 2006 2006 Annual Return 2007 2007 Annual Return 2008 2008 2009 Annual Return 2009 2010 Annual Return 2010 Annual Return 2011 2011 Annual Return 2012 Annual Return 2013 Annual Return 2014 Annual Return 2015 Annual Return 2016 Annual Return 2017 Annual Return 2018 Annual Return 2019 Annual Return 2020 DOW JONES U.S. TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Dow Jones Us Total Stock Market Index [Member] Dow Jones Us Total Stock Market Index. Average Annual Return: ONE YEAR 1 Year FIVE YEARS 5 Years TEN YEARS 10 Years Label SINCE INCEPTION Since Inception Inception Date INCEPTION DATE Risk/Return Detail [Table] Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination Portfolio Turnover, Rate Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] Expense Exchange Traded Fund Commissions [Text] Expenses Represent Both Master and Feeder [Text] Expenses Explanation of Nonrecurring Account Fee [Text] Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates [Text] Expenses Other Expenses Had Extraordinary Expenses Been Included [Text] Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Risk Lose Money [Text] Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] Risk Money Market Fund [Text] Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] Risk Caption Risk Column [Text]