Earnings and Dividends Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Earnings per share
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Ball Corporation, net of tax	$ 78	$ 125
Discontinued operations, net of tax	3,607	52
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$ 3,685	$ 177
Basic weighted average common shares	314,950	314,236
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares)	2,435	2,431
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings (loss) per share	317,385	316,667
Basic - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.25	$ 0.40
Basic - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	11.45	0.16
Per basic share (in dollars per share)	11.70	0.56
Diluted - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.25	0.40
Diluted - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	11.36	0.16
Per diluted share (in dollars per share)	11.61	0.56
Dividends declared and paid
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Stock option and SSARs
Options excluded from EPS calculation
Number of outstanding options excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share	5,000	4,000