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Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2017	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 18, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt principal balance						$ 125,000
Interest expense recognized			$ 68,536	$ 608,718	$ 137,073	$ 1,208,666
TriLinc Global Impact Fund Cayman, Ltd. [Member] \| Series 1 Senior Secured Promissory Notes [Member] \| State Street Australia Ltd ACF Christian Super [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issuance of notes	$ 5,000,000
Target issuance of notes aggregate amount	$ 25,000,000
Notes issuance, interest rate terms					The CS Note had an interest rate of 4.0% per annum plus one-year LIBOR and interest was payable quarterly in arrears within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter.
Notes issuance, payment terms					The entire principal balance under the CS Note (and any unpaid interest) was due in one balloon payment on August 7, 2021, which is the fourth anniversary of the issuance date. The principal balance of the CS Note may be prepaid prior to the maturity date without premium or penalty.
Repayments of debt principal balance		$ 5,000,000
TriLinc Global Impact Fund Cayman, Ltd. [Member] \| Series 1 Senior Secured Promissory Notes [Member] \| State Street Australia Ltd ACF Christian Super [Member] \| One Year LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual interest rate charged	4.00%
Description of variable interest rate					one-year LIBOR
TriLinc Global Impact Fund Cayman, Ltd. [Member] \| Series 2 Senior Secured Promissory Notes [Member] \| State Street Australia Ltd ACF Christian Super [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issuance of notes								$ 5,000,000
Notes issuance, interest rate terms					The Series 2 Note has an interest rate of 3.5% per annum plus one-year LIBOR (3.05% as of March 31, 2020) and interest is payable quarterly in arrears within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The interest rate may not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law, with excess interest to be applied to the principal amount of the CS Note.
Notes issuance, payment terms					The entire principal balance under the Series 2 Note (and any unpaid interest) is due in one balloon payment on December 18, 2021, which is the fourth anniversary of the issuance date. The principal balance of the CS Note may be prepaid prior to the maturity date without premium or penalty
TriLinc Global Impact Fund Cayman, Ltd. [Member] \| Series 2 Senior Secured Promissory Notes [Member] \| State Street Australia Ltd ACF Christian Super [Member] \| One Year LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual interest rate charged								3.50%
Description of variable interest rate					one-year LIBOR
Variable interest rate							3.05%
TriLinc Global Impact Fund Cayman, Ltd. [Member] \| Senior Secured Promissory Notes [Member] \| State Street Australia Ltd ACF Christian Super [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Transferred shares, description					TGIFC’s obligation under the CS Note is secured by an equitable mortgage pursuant to the Equitable Mortgage Over Shares by and between TGIFC and the Noteholders, dated as of August 7, 2017 (the “CS Equitable Mortgage”), granting the holder of the CS Note a mortgage over 10 shares out of a total of 32.11 of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries.
Shares mortgaged from subsidiaries shares issued and outstanding	10
Shares available for mortgage	32.11