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VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor  
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Investment Options (of Average Annual Net Assets) Minimum [Percent] 0.21%
Investment Options (of Average Annual Net Assets) Maximum [Percent] 1.07%
Lowest Annual Cost [Dollars] $ 827
Highest Annual Cost [Dollars] $ 1,698
Portfolio Company Expenses Minimum [Percent] 0.21%
Portfolio Company Expenses Maximum [Percent] 1.07%
Surrender Expense, 1 Year, Maximum [Dollars] $ 1,698
Surrender Expense, 1 Year, Minimum [Dollars] 827
Surrender Expense, 3 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 5,268
Surrender Expense, 3 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 2,589
Surrender Expense, 5 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 9,084
Surrender Expense, 5 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 4,504
Surrender Expense, 10 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 19,812
Surrender Expense, 10 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 10,058
Annuitized Expense, 1 Year, Maximum [Dollars] 1,698
Annuitized Expense, 1 Year, Minimum [Dollars] 827
Annuitized Expense, 3 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 5,268
Annuitized Expense, 3 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 2,589
Annuitized Expense, 5 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 9,084
Annuitized Expense, 5 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 4,504
Annuitized Expense, 10 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 19,812
Annuitized Expense, 10 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 10,058
No Surrender Expense, 1 Year, Maximum [Dollars] 1,698
No Surrender Expense, 1 Year, Minimum [Dollars] 827
No Surrender Expense, 3 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 5,268
No Surrender Expense, 3 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 2,589
No Surrender Expense, 5 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 9,084
No Surrender Expense, 5 Years, Minimum [Dollars] 4,504
No Surrender Expense, 10 Years, Maximum [Dollars] 19,812
No Surrender Expense, 10 Years, Minimum [Dollars] $ 10,058
Item 17. Portfolio Companies (N-4) [Text Block] The following table replaces similar table in its entirety in Appendix A:
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
Systematic Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
and Wellington Management Company LLP
0.65%
None
0.65%
-38.81%
4.84%
11.53%
Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC
0.77%
None
0.77%
-25.85%
9.18%
11.85%
Dividend Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
0.68%
None
0.68%
-5.63%
5.39%
9.72%
Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock and SunAmerica Asset
Management, LLC (an affiliate of VALIC due to common
ownership)
0.62%
None
0.62%
-36.05%
7.06%
11.13%
Large Capital Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
0.70%
None
0.70%
-19.15%
11.96%
13.41%
Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.43%
None
0.43%
-32.81%
11.70%
15.80%
Stock Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.23%
None
0.23%
-18.33%
9.09%
12.20%
Systematic Core Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Goldman Sachs
0.64%
None
0.64%
-18.72%
9.25%
12.23%
Systematic Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.65%
None
0.65%
-6.66%
5.41%
9.75%
U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.36%
None
0.36%
-17.12%
8.79%
12.40%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
0.74%
None
0.74%
-23.40%
9.53%
11.77%
Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
(d/b/a Boston Partners) and Wellington Management
0.82%
None
0.82%
-8.48%
6.02%
9.47%
Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.35%
None
0.35%
-13.35%
6.32%
10.43%
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Domestic Small-
Cap Equity
Small Cap Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment
Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
0.87%
None
0.87%
-32.44%
6.14%
11.60%
Small Cap Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.37%
None
0.37%
-20.66%
3.80%
8.77%
Small Cap Special Values Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Allspring Global Investments, LLC
1.07%
None
1.07%
-13.72%
4.72%
9.98%
Small Cap Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.81%
None
0.81%
-13.87%
3.79%
8.25%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
Global Strategy Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine
Global Investment Management LLC
0.65%
None
0.65%
-16.78%
-1.15%
2.66%
International Socially Responsible Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.58%
None
0.58%
-16.55%
3.24%
7.88%
International
Equity
Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.95%
None
0.95%
-25.35%
-3.28%
0.45%
International Equities Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.43%
None
0.43%
-14.52%
1.29%
4.11%
International Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Co.
0.81%
None
0.81%
-34.04%
4.25%
5.89%
International Opportunities Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Wellington
Management
1.00%
None
1.00%
-24.45%
-0.48%
5.36%
International Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Allspring
0.78%
None
0.78%
-10.94%
-0.87%
2.64%
Specialty
Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management
Co. and MFS
0.91%
None
0.91%
-25.91%
-0.05%
3.13%
Science & Technology Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock and Voya
0.91%
None
0.91%
-39.00%
8.05%
14.66%
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
Aggressive Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.58%
None
0.58%
-16.24%
4.40%
7.06%
Asset Allocation Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.65%
None
0.65%
-16.42%
2.73%
5.39%
Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.62%
None
0.62%
-14.16%
2.34%
3.97%
Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.58%
None
0.58%
-14.77%
4.12%
6.14%
Fixed Income
Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
0.48%
None
0.48%
-14.25%
0.02%
1.13%
Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund3
Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
0.18%
None
0.18%
1.58%
1.17%
0.75%*
Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.60%
None
0.60%
-11.16%
-0.19%
0.42%
High Yield Bond Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.68%
None
0.68%
-10.65%
2.04%
3.46%
Inflation Protected Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.59%
None
0.59%
-10.17%
1.76%
0.99%
International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge
0.81%
None
0.81%
-16.22%
-1.73%
-0.51%
Portfolio Companies [Table Text Block]
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
Systematic Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
and Wellington Management Company LLP
0.65%
None
0.65%
-38.81%
4.84%
11.53%
Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC
0.77%
None
0.77%
-25.85%
9.18%
11.85%
Dividend Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
0.68%
None
0.68%
-5.63%
5.39%
9.72%
Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock and SunAmerica Asset
Management, LLC (an affiliate of VALIC due to common
ownership)
0.62%
None
0.62%
-36.05%
7.06%
11.13%
Large Capital Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
0.70%
None
0.70%
-19.15%
11.96%
13.41%
Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.43%
None
0.43%
-32.81%
11.70%
15.80%
Stock Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.23%
None
0.23%
-18.33%
9.09%
12.20%
Systematic Core Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Goldman Sachs
0.64%
None
0.64%
-18.72%
9.25%
12.23%
Systematic Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.65%
None
0.65%
-6.66%
5.41%
9.75%
U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.36%
None
0.36%
-17.12%
8.79%
12.40%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
0.74%
None
0.74%
-23.40%
9.53%
11.77%
Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
(d/b/a Boston Partners) and Wellington Management
0.82%
None
0.82%
-8.48%
6.02%
9.47%
Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.35%
None
0.35%
-13.35%
6.32%
10.43%
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Domestic Small-
Cap Equity
Small Cap Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment
Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
0.87%
None
0.87%
-32.44%
6.14%
11.60%
Small Cap Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.37%
None
0.37%
-20.66%
3.80%
8.77%
Small Cap Special Values Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Allspring Global Investments, LLC
1.07%
None
1.07%
-13.72%
4.72%
9.98%
Small Cap Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.81%
None
0.81%
-13.87%
3.79%
8.25%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
Global Strategy Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine
Global Investment Management LLC
0.65%
None
0.65%
-16.78%
-1.15%
2.66%
International Socially Responsible Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.58%
None
0.58%
-16.55%
3.24%
7.88%
International
Equity
Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.95%
None
0.95%
-25.35%
-3.28%
0.45%
International Equities Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.43%
None
0.43%
-14.52%
1.29%
4.11%
International Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Co.
0.81%
None
0.81%
-34.04%
4.25%
5.89%
International Opportunities Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Wellington
Management
1.00%
None
1.00%
-24.45%
-0.48%
5.36%
International Value Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Allspring
0.78%
None
0.78%
-10.94%
-0.87%
2.64%
Specialty
Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management
Co. and MFS
0.91%
None
0.91%
-25.91%
-0.05%
3.13%
Science & Technology Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock and Voya
0.91%
None
0.91%
-39.00%
8.05%
14.66%
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2023)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
Aggressive Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.58%
None
0.58%
-16.24%
4.40%
7.06%
Asset Allocation Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.65%
None
0.65%
-16.42%
2.73%
5.39%
Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.62%
None
0.62%
-14.16%
2.34%
3.97%
Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.58%
None
0.58%
-14.77%
4.12%
6.14%
Fixed Income
Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
0.48%
None
0.48%
-14.25%
0.02%
1.13%
Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund3
Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
0.18%
None
0.18%
1.58%
1.17%
0.75%*
Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.60%
None
0.60%
-11.16%
-0.19%
0.42%
High Yield Bond Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.68%
None
0.68%
-10.65%
2.04%
3.46%
Inflation Protected Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
0.59%
None
0.59%
-10.17%
1.76%
0.99%
International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge
0.81%
None
0.81%
-16.22%
-1.73%
-0.51%
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Type
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISystematicGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] DomesticLarge-CapEquity
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Systematic Growth Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and Wellington Management Company LLP
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.65%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.65%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (38.81%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 4.84%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 11.53%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyICapitalAppreciationFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Capital Appreciation Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.77%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.77%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (25.85%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 9.18%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 11.85%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIDividendValueFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Dividend Value Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.68%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.68%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (5.63%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 5.39%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 9.72%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Growth Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] BlackRock and SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (an affiliate of VALIC due to common ownership)
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.62%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.62%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (36.05%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 7.06%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 11.13%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyILargeCapitalGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Large Capital Growth Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Massachusetts Financial Services Company
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.70%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.70%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (19.15%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 11.96%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 13.41%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyINasdaq100IndexFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.43%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.43%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (32.81%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 11.70%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 15.80%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIStockIndexFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Stock Index Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.23%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.23%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (18.33%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 9.09%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 12.20%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISystematicCoreFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Systematic Core Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Goldman Sachs
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.64%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.64%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (18.72%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 9.25%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 12.23%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISystematicValueFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Systematic Value Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Wellington Management
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.65%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.65%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (6.66%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 5.41%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 9.75%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIUSSociallyResponsibleFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.36%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.36%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (17.12%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 8.79%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 12.40%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIMidCapStrategicGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Domestic Mid-Cap Equity
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.74%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.74%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (23.40%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 9.53%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 11.77%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIMidCapValueFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Mid Cap Value Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.(d/b/a Boston Partners) and Wellington Management
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.82%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.82%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (8.48%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 6.02%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 9.47%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIMidCapIndexFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Mid Cap Index Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.35%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.35%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (13.35%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 6.32%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 10.43%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISmallCapGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Domestic Small-Cap Equity
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Small Cap Growth Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.87%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.87%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (32.44%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 6.14%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 11.60%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISmallCapIndexFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Small Cap Index Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.37%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.37%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (20.66%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 3.80%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 8.77%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISmallCapSpecialValuesFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Small Cap Special Values Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Allspring Global Investments, LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 1.07%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 1.07%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (13.72%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 4.72%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 9.98%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyISmallCapValueFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Small Cap Value Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.81%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.81%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (13.87%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 3.79%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 8.25%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIGlobalStrategyFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Global Equity(Internationaland Domestic)
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Global Strategy Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.65%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.65%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (16.78%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (1.15%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 2.66%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalSociallyResponsibleMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Socially Responsible Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.58%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.58%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (16.55%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 3.24%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 7.88%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIEmergingEconomiesFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] InternationalEquity
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Emerging Economies Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.95%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.95%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (25.35%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (3.28%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 0.45%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalEquitiesIndexFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Equities Index Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] SunAmerica
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.43%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.43%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (14.52%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 1.29%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 4.11%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalGrowthFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Growth Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.81%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.81%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (34.04%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 4.25%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 5.89%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalOpportunitiesFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Opportunities Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Wellington Management
Current Expenses [Percent] 1.00%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 1.00%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (24.45%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (0.48%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 5.36%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalValueFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Value Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Allspring
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.78%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.78%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (10.94%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (0.87%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 2.64%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIGlobalRealEstateFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Specialty
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Global Real Estate Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and MFS
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.91%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.91%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (25.91%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (0.05%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 3.13%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIScienceTechnologyFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Science & Technology Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] BlackRock and Voya
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.91%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.91%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (39.00%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 8.05%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 14.66%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIAggressiveGrowthLifestyleFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Hybrid(Equity andFixed Income)
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Aggressive Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.58%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.58%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (16.24%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 4.40%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 7.06%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIAssetAllocationFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Asset Allocation Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.65%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.65%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (16.42%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 2.73%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 5.39%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIConservativeGrowthLifestyleFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.62%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.62%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (14.16%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 2.34%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 3.97%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIModerateGrowthLifestyleFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.58%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.58%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (14.77%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 4.12%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 6.14%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyICoreBondFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Objective [Text Block] Fixed Income
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Core Bond Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] PineBridge Investments LLC
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.48%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.48%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (14.25%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 0.02%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 1.13%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | GoldmanSachsVITGovernmentMoneyMarketFundInstitutionalMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund3Institutional Shares
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] Goldman Sachs
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.18%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.18%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] 1.58%
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 1.17%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 0.75%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIGovernmentSecuritiesFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Government Securities Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] JPMIM
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.60%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.60%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (11.16%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (0.19%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 0.42%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIHighYieldBondFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] High Yield Bond Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Wellington Management
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.68%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.68%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (10.65%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 2.04%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 3.46%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInflationProtectedFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] Inflation Protected Fund2, 3
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] Wellington Management
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.59%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.59%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (10.17%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] 1.76%
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] 0.99%
VALIC Portfolio Director Freedom Advisor | VALICCompanyIInternationalGovernmentBondFundMember  
Prospectus:  
Portfolio Company Name [Text Block] International Government Bond Fund2
Portfolio Company Adviser [Text Block] VALIC
Portfolio Company Subadviser [Text Block] PineBridge
Current Expenses [Percent] 0.81%
Platform Charge [Percent] 0.00%
Current Expenses + Platform Charge [Percent] 0.81%
Average Annual Total Returns, 1 Year [Percent] (16.22%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 5 Years [Percent] (1.73%)
Average Annual Total Returns, 10 Years [Percent] (0.51%)