Description of exercise period of options granted for share-based payment arrangement.

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Percentage of discount on market price of share for share based payments.

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The description of the maximum term of options granted for a type of share-based payment arrangement that existed at any time during the period. An entity with substantially similar types of share-based payment arrangements may aggregate this information. [Refer: Share-based payment arrangements [member]]

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The description of the vesting requirements for a type of share-based payment arrangement that existed at any time during the period. An entity with substantially similar types of share-based payment arrangements may aggregate this information. [Refer: Share-based payment arrangements [member]]

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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 expense from share-based payment transactions with employees.

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The number of instruments granted in share-based payment arrangement.

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The number of share options granted in a share-based payment arrangement.

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The number of shares issued by the entity.

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The weighted average fair value at the measurement date of granted equity instruments other than share options. [Refer: Weighted average [member]]

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The weighted average fair value of share options granted during the period at the measurement date. [Refer: Weighted average [member]]

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Share-Based Payments - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Share-Based Payments - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Share-based payment transactions expense	$ 353,000,000	$ 359,000,000	$ 228,000,000
Percentage of discount on market price of share for share based payments	10.00%
Share-based compensation number of shares issued \| shares	1,934,000,000	1,934,000,000	1,606,000,000
Stock options granted	1,251,602
Fair value of stock options granted	$ 16.92	$ 19.94	$ 17.40
Management board members and other employees [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Share based payment vesting period	Five-year
Board of Director [Member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Share based payment vesting period	Vest after 5 years
Exercise period of stock options	5 years
Board of Director [Member] \| Bottom of range [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Maximum term of stock options	10 years
Restricted Stock Units [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Share based payment vesting period	Five-year
Share-based compensation number of shares issued \| shares	1,500,000	300,000
Share-based compensation grant date fair value	$ 158,000,000	$ 31,000,000
Long Term Incentive Stock Option Plan [member] \| AB inBev [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Stock options granted	200,000	200,000
Fair value of stock options granted	$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Matching shares Grant [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Number of shares granted \| shares	3
Long Term Incentive Warrant Plan [Member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Share based payment vesting period	One to three years