Segment information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments | segment	4
Number of other business segments | segment	3
Revenue	$ 32,868,990	$ 19,557,905
Cost of revenue	22,309,908	12,412,141
Gross profit	10,559,082	7,145,764
General and administrative expenses	6,036,662	4,866,117
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	5,916	12,458
Income from operations	4,528,336	2,292,105
Other income, net	157,059	319,727
Income before income taxes	4,685,395	2,611,832
Provision for income taxes	449,485	46,273
Net income from continuing operations	4,235,910	2,565,559
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	163,121	241,430
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	4,072,789	2,324,129
Total loss from discontinued operations	(259,163)	(607,314)
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	3,813,626	1,716,815
Accounts receivable, net	29,550,063		$ 27,046,182
Inventory, current and non-current	13,838,066		10,278,829
Property, plant and equipment, net	51,484,484		52,529,545
Construction in progress	4,861,263		3,705,681
Intangibles, net	2,682,222		2,818,888
Goodwill	10,425,013		10,425,013
Total segment assets	180,113,699		171,346,081
Assets of discontinued operations	21,498,649		21,660,768
Total assets	201,612,348		193,006,849
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	7,771,095	6,313,200
Cost of revenue	3,550,794	3,053,740
Gross profit	4,220,301	3,259,460
General and administrative expenses	4,177,107	3,450,406
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	(7,287)
Income from operations	35,907	(190,946)
Accounts receivable, net	3,227,894		2,953,927
Inventory, current and non-current	2,883,585		2,759,659
Property, plant and equipment, net	27,246,976		27,697,490
Construction in progress	4,799,471		3,643,889
Goodwill	1,170,511		1,170,511
Total segment assets	62,524,167		65,853,789
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	9,004,373	7,350,644
Cost of revenue	6,243,146	4,687,119
Gross profit	2,761,227	2,663,525
General and administrative expenses	352,975	310,303
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	11,270
Income from operations	2,419,522	2,353,222
Accounts receivable, net	16,841,269		16,554,940
Inventory, current and non-current	4,173,385		4,037,684
Property, plant and equipment, net	21,953,978		22,510,658
Goodwill	1,948,875		1,948,875
Total segment assets	58,011,877		56,118,243
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	12,721,701	4,743,820
Cost of revenue	10,044,078	3,649,180
Gross profit	2,677,623	1,094,640
General and administrative expenses	1,088,672	779,974
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		12,458
Income from operations	1,588,951	327,124
Accounts receivable, net	7,081,934		5,838,721
Inventory, current and non-current	1,613,984
Property, plant and equipment, net	701,393		759,409
Intangibles, net	1,951,111		2,064,444
Goodwill	5,320,416		5,320,416
Total segment assets	43,164,635		36,319,078
Manufacturing Units [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,371,821	1,150,241
Cost of revenue	2,471,890	1,022,102
Gross profit	899,931	128,139
General and administrative expenses	417,908	325,434
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	1,933
Income from operations	483,956	$ (197,295)
Accounts receivable, net	2,398,966		1,698,594
Inventory, current and non-current	5,167,112		3,481,486
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,582,137		1,561,988
Construction in progress	61,792		61,792
Intangibles, net	731,111		754,444
Goodwill	1,985,211		1,985,211
Total segment assets	$ 16,413,020		$ 13,054,971