Segment information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments | segment			4
Number of other business segments | segment			3
Revenue	$ 44,237,263	$ 21,067,127	$ 77,106,253	$ 40,625,032
Cost of revenue	28,773,714	13,591,630	51,083,622	26,003,771
Gross profit	15,463,549	7,475,497	26,022,631	14,621,261
General and administrative expenses	5,984,915	4,926,691	12,021,577	9,792,808
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	1,000	5,280	6,916	17,738
Income from operations	9,479,634	2,554,086	14,007,970	4,846,191
Other income, net	129,131	397,982	286,190	717,709
Income before income taxes	9,608,765	2,952,068	14,294,160	5,563,900
Benefit for income taxes	1,940,067	10,152	2,389,552	56,425
Net income from continuing operations	7,668,698	2,941,916	11,904,608	5,507,475
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	137,226	232,197	300,347	473,627
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	7,531,472	2,709,719	11,604,261	5,033,848
Net loss from discontinued operations	(207,701)	(419,833)	(466,864)	(1,027,147)
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	7,323,771	2,289,886	11,137,397	4,006,701
Accounts receivable, net	30,302,638		30,302,638		$ 27,046,182
Inventory, current and non-current	14,849,556		14,849,556		10,278,829
Contract assets	8,192,770		8,192,770		2,913,722
Property, plant and equipment, net	50,733,041		50,733,041		52,529,545
Construction in progress	5,890,363		5,890,363		3,705,681
Intangibles, net	2,545,556		2,545,556		2,818,888
Goodwill	10,425,013		10,425,013		10,425,013
Total segment assets	183,630,561		183,630,561		171,346,081
Assets of discontinued operations	21,449,715		21,449,715		21,660,768
Total assets	205,080,276		205,080,276		193,006,849
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	7,573,329	6,526,803	15,344,424	12,840,003
Cost of revenue	3,433,132	3,118,411	6,983,926	6,172,151
Gross profit	4,140,197	3,408,392	8,360,498	6,667,852
General and administrative expenses	4,265,535	3,345,109	8,442,642	6,795,515
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		1,200	(7,287)	1,200
Income from operations	(125,338)	64,483	(89,431)	(126,463)
Accounts receivable, net	2,888,718		2,888,718		2,953,927
Inventory, current and non-current	2,982,133		2,982,133		2,759,659
Property, plant and equipment, net	26,784,612		26,784,612		27,697,490
Construction in progress	5,798,183		5,798,183		3,643,889
Goodwill	1,170,511		1,170,511		1,170,511
Total segment assets	60,266,383		60,266,383		65,853,789
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,482,495	8,423,749	17,486,868	15,774,393
Cost of revenue	5,931,735	5,647,583	12,174,881	10,334,702
Gross profit	2,550,760	2,776,166	5,311,987	5,439,691
General and administrative expenses	379,900	404,072	732,875	714,375
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net	1,000		12,270
Income from operations	2,171,860	2,372,094	4,591,382	4,725,316
Accounts receivable, net	16,706,287		16,706,287		16,554,940
Inventory, current and non-current	4,521,035		4,521,035		4,037,684
Property, plant and equipment, net	21,593,941		21,593,941		22,510,658
Construction in progress	30,388		30,388
Goodwill	1,948,875		1,948,875		1,948,875
Total segment assets	60,738,383		60,738,383		56,118,243
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	24,093,963	5,055,483	36,815,664	9,799,303
Cost of revenue	16,248,141	3,865,867	26,292,219	7,515,047
Gross profit	7,845,822	1,189,616	10,523,445	2,284,256
General and administrative expenses	904,560	838,040	1,993,232	1,618,014
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		4,080		16,538
Income from operations	6,941,262	355,656	8,530,213	682,780
Accounts receivable, net	9,313,767		9,313,767		5,838,721
Inventory, current and non-current	2,442,895		2,442,895
Contract assets	4,391,497		4,391,497		1,249,069
Property, plant and equipment, net	788,538		788,538		759,409
Intangibles, net	1,837,778		1,837,778		2,064,444
Goodwill	5,320,416		5,320,416		5,320,416
Total segment assets	46,324,828		46,324,828		36,319,078
Manufacturing Units [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	4,087,476	1,061,092	7,459,297	2,211,333
Cost of revenue	3,160,706	959,769	5,632,596	1,981,871
Gross profit	926,770	101,323	1,826,701	229,462
General and administrative expenses	434,920	339,470	852,828	664,904
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net			1,933
Income from operations	491,850	$ (238,147)	975,806	$ (435,442)
Accounts receivable, net	1,393,866		1,393,866		1,698,594
Inventory, current and non-current	4,903,493		4,903,493		3,481,486
Contract assets	3,801,273		3,801,273		1,664,653
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,565,950		1,565,950		1,561,988
Construction in progress	61,792		61,792		61,792
Intangibles, net	707,778		707,778		754,444
Goodwill	1,985,211		1,985,211		1,985,211
Total segment assets	$ 16,300,967		$ 16,300,967		$ 13,054,971