Long-Term Compensation - Performance Pool awarded (Detail) - Prologis Out-Performance Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2021	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019
2019 - 2021 Performance Period [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance pool		$ 100,000
Common stock shares		34
Restricted stock units		134
POP LTIP Units and LTIP Units		426
Average price used to determine number of awards		$ 168.37
2018 - 2020 Performance Period [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance pool			$ 100,000
Common stock shares			61
Restricted stock units			242
POP LTIP Units and LTIP Units			701
Average price used to determine number of awards			$ 99.67
2017 - 2019 Performance Period [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance pool	[1]			$ 119,753
Common stock shares	[1]			384
POP LTIP Units and LTIP Units	[1]			804
Average price used to determine number of awards	[1]			$ 100.79
2016 - 2018 Performance Period [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance pool	[1]				$ 114,950
Common stock shares	[1]				489
POP LTIP Units and LTIP Units	[1]				1,082
Average price used to determine number of awards	[1]				$ 73.20

[1] These performance period amounts include awards earned subsequent to the initial three-year performance period. One-third of the remaining compensation pool in excess of the $75 million aggregate initial award amounts can be earned at the end of each of the three years following the end of the initial three-year performance period if our performance meets or exceeds the MSCI US REIT Index at the end of each of such three years.