EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2021
EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]
Schedule of the Computation of Net Income Per Share	Three Months Ended November 30, November 30, 2021 2020Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. $ 30,511 $ 27,737Less: Allocation of income to unvested stockholders (560) (459)Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. per share available for distribution $ 29,951 $ 27,278Basic weighted average shares outstanding 30,551 30,398Add dilutive effect of performance stock units (two-class method) 52 22Diluted average shares outstanding 30,603 30,420Basic net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90Diluted net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90

Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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