Percentage of annual bonus.

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Percentage of bonus.

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Percentage Of Bonus Based On Economic Value Added

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of employee expenses that the entity does not separately disclose in the same statement or note.

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The number of shares in the entity held by the entity or by its subsidiaries or associates. [Refer: Associates [member]; Subsidiaries [member]]

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Bonus Programs - Additional Information (Detail) - MXN ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Percentage of bonus	50.00%
Percentage of annual bonus	50.00%
Compensation expense	$ 610	$ 401	$ 351
Fair value of shares held by trust	488	468
Top of range [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Percentage of economic value added	70.00%
Bottom of range [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Percentage of economic value added	30.00%