Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Apr. 16, 2020
Details
Registrant CIK	0000752294
Fiscal Year End	--12-31
Registrant Name	ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
SEC Form	10-Q
Period End date	Mar. 31, 2020
Trading Symbol	ELST
Trading Exchange	NONE
Tax Identification Number (TIN)	91-1238077
Number of common stock shares outstanding		4,946,502
Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Current with reporting	Yes
Interactive Data Current	Yes
Shell Company	false
Small Business	true
Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity File Number	000-27793
Entity Address, Address Line One	415 N. Quay St. Bldg B1
Entity Address, City or Town	Kennewick
Entity Address, State or Province	WA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	99336
City Area Code	509
Local Phone Number	735-9092
Title of 12(g) Security	Common Stock, $0.001 par value
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false