Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale - Loss on Impairment of Assets and Pending Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total Chile impairment								$ 144	$ 73,756	$ 790,229
Gain on transfer of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations held-for-sale	$ 4,300
Honduras
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total Chile impairment		$ 10,000	$ 10,000
Brazil
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairments of goodwill					$ 15,000	$ 190,000
Peru | Chile
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Accumulated foreign currency translation gain (losses)			$ 293,000
Total Chile impairment							$ 418,000
Rede Internacional de Universidades Laureate Ltda. | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale | Brazil | Anima
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of disposal group				$ (32,400)