Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue (notes 3, 4, 5 and 16)	$ 1,853.3	$ 3,499.9
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, shown separately below):
Programming and other direct costs of services	536.8	1,079.4
Other operating (note 13)	273.2	508.7
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (note 13)	410.4	659.0
Depreciation and amortization	564.7	607.2
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net	9.4	44.4
Operating costs and expenses	1,794.5	2,898.7
Operating income	58.8	601.2
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest expense	(134.2)	(334.7)
Realized and unrealized gains on derivative instruments, net (note 6)	508.5	811.2
Foreign currency transaction gains, net	575.0	303.8
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) due to changes in fair values of certain investments, net (notes 5 and 7)	(93.6)	194.6
Share of results of affiliates, net (note 5)	230.5	1.7
Other income, net	11.9	10.1
Non-operating income (expense)	1,098.1	986.7
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	1,156.9	1,587.9
Income tax expense (note 11)	(81.2)	(165.2)
Earnings from continuing operations	1,075.7	1,422.7
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes (note 4)	34.6	17.6
Net earnings	1,110.3	1,440.3
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(72.0)	(54.9)
Net earnings attributable to Liberty Global shareholders	$ 1,038.3	$ 1,385.4
Basic earnings attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 14):
Continuing operations (in USD per share)	$ 1.93	$ 2.38
Discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0.07	0.03
Basic earnings attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (in USD per share)	2.00	2.41
Diluted earnings attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 14):
Continuing operations (in USD per share)	1.88	2.34
Discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0.07	0.03
Diluted earnings attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (in USD per share)	$ 1.95	$ 2.37