Earnings and Dividends Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023
Earnings per share
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Ball Corporation, net of tax	$ 158	$ 125	$ 236	$ 250
Discontinued operations, net of tax		48	3,607	100
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$ 158	$ 173	$ 3,843	$ 350
Basic weighted average common shares	309,269	314,561	312,109	314,400
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares)	2,695	2,306	2,581	2,364
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings (loss) per share	311,964	316,867	314,690	316,764
Basic - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51	$ 0.40	$ 0.76	$ 0.79
Basic - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		0.15	11.55	0.32
Per basic share (in dollars per share)	0.51	0.55	12.31	1.11
Diluted - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.51	0.40	0.75	0.79
Diluted - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		0.15	11.46	0.31
Per diluted share (in dollars per share)	0.51	0.55	12.21	1.10
Dividends declared and paid
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.40	$ 0.40
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	5,000	4,000