Risk/Return Detail Data - FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO	Dec. 30, 2024 USD ($)
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Registrant Name	Fidelity Salem Street Trust
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
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Risk/Return [Heading]	Fund Summary Fund: Fidelity® SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
Objective [Heading]	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	Fidelity® SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of emerging markets stocks with attractive valuations.
Expense [Heading]	Fee Table
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred when you buy, hold, and sell shares of the fund.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	Shareholder fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)	none
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	Annual Operating Expenses
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 30 % of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	30.00%
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds. Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. For every $10,000 you invested, here's how much you would pay in total expenses if you sell all of your shares at the end of each time period indicated:
Strategy [Heading]	Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities included in the Fidelity Emerging Markets Value Focus IndexSM and in depositary receipts representing securities included in the index. The Fidelity Emerging Markets Value Focus IndexSM is designed to reflect the performance of large and mid-cap stocks in emerging markets that have attractive valuation metrics. The universe of stocks for consideration in the index, which is intended to reflect the broader emerging markets equity market, consists of the largest emerging markets stocks based on float-adjusted market capitalization and certain liquidity and investability requirements. To determine whether a country qualifies as an emerging market, Fidelity uses both quantitative and qualitative inputs, including definitions provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices and certain other inputs that include, but are not limited to, development of the market and exchange, market capitalization and liquidity, GDP per capita and sovereign debt rating. Effective December 11, 2025, derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to the investments above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments are included in the fund's 80% policy, consistent with the fund's investment policies and limitations with respect to investments in derivatives. Using statistical sampling techniques based on such factors as capitalization, industry exposures, dividend yield, price -to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price -to-book (P/B) ratio, earnings growth, country weightings, and the effect of foreign taxes to attempt to replicate the returns of the Fidelity Emerging Markets Value Focus Index℠. Lending securities to earn income for the fund.
Risk [Heading]	Principal Investment Risks
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The additional index has characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future performance. Visit www.fidelity.com for more recent performance information.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	www.fidelity.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	Past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future performance.
Bar Chart [Heading]	Year-by-Year Returns
Year to Date Return, Label	Year-to-Date Return
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date	Sep. 30, 2024
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return	19.04%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	Highest Quarter Return
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	Dec. 31, 2022
Highest Quarterly Return	10.95%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	Lowest Quarter Return
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	Jun. 30, 2022
Lowest Quarterly Return	(12.46%)
Performance Table Heading	Average Annual Returns
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, but do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	The after-tax returns shown are not relevant if you hold your shares in a retirement account or in another tax-deferred arrangement, such as an employee benefit plan (profit sharing, 401(k), or 403(b) plan).
Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher	Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other returns for the same period due to a tax benefit of realizing a capital loss upon the sale of fund shares.
Performance Table Narrative	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, but do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may differ depending on your individual circumstances. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant if you hold your shares in a retirement account or in another tax-deferred arrangement, such as an employee benefit plan (profit sharing, 401(k), or 403(b) plan). Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other returns for the same period due to a tax benefit of realizing a capital loss upon the sale of fund shares.
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
Risk/Return:
Management fee	0.15%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees	none
Other expenses	0.06%
Total annual operating expenses	0.21%
1 year	$ 22
3 years	68
5 years	118
10 years	$ 268
Annual Return, Inception Date	May 12, 2020
2021	6.03%
2022	(16.99%)
2023	17.43%
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | Return Before Taxes | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
Risk/Return:
Label	Return Before Taxes
Past 1 year	17.43%
Since Inception	10.18%	[1]
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | After Taxes on Distributions | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
Risk/Return:
Label	Return After Taxes on Distributions
Past 1 year	16.00%
Since Inception	8.97%	[1]
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund
Risk/Return:
Label	Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
Past 1 year	11.09%
Since Inception	7.83%	[1]
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | IXXJH
Risk/Return:
Label	Fidelity Emerging Markets Value Focus Index℠
Past 1 year	18.91%
Since Inception	11.06%
FidelitySAIInternationalIndexFunds-ComboPRO | Fidelity SAI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | MC041
Risk/Return:
Label	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Past 1 year	9.86%
Since Inception	5.96%

[1] A From May 12, 2020 .