Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Net sales
Services	$ 394.0	$ 383.4
Products	261.5	304.9
Total sales	655.5	688.3
Cost of sales
Services	272.9	275.3
Products	207.3	248.9
Total cost of sales	480.2	524.2
Gross profit	175.3	164.1
Selling and administrative expense	129.9	120.3
Research, development and engineering expense	22.3	20.0
Impairment of assets	19.4	0
Loss on sale of assets, net	0.1	0.5
Total operating expense	171.7	140.8
Operating profit	3.6	23.3
Other income (expense)
Investment income	7.9	8.7
Interest expense	(8.0)	(6.9)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain, net	(9.3)	(12.0)
Miscellaneous, net	(1.2)	(1.4)
(Loss) income before taxes	(7.0)	11.7
Income tax (benefit) expense	(1.4)	6.8
Net (loss) income	(5.6)	4.9
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.8)	(4.9)
Net (loss) income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated	$ (2.8)	$ 9.8
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	64.7	64.3
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	64.7	64.8
Common dividends declared and paid per share	$ 0.29	$ 0.29
Net (loss) income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated
Basic (loss) earnings per share	$ (0.04)	$ 0.15
Diluted (loss) earnings per share	$ (0.04)	$ 0.15