Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Earnings per share
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Ball Corporation, net of tax									$ 424	$ 484	$ 569
Discontinued operations, net of tax									3,584	223	150
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$ (32)	$ 197	$ 158	$ 3,685	$ 154	$ 203	$ 173	$ 177	$ 4,008	$ 707	$ 719
Basic weighted average common shares									305,459	314,775	316,433
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares)									2,747	2,247	3,575
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share									308,206	317,022	320,008
Basic - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)	$ 0.63	$ 0.51	$ 0.25	$ 0.32	$ 0.42	$ 0.4	$ 0.4	$ 1.39	$ 1.54	$ 1.8
Basic - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.1)	0.02		11.45	0.17	0.22	0.15	0.16	11.73	0.71	0.47
Per basic share (in dollars per share)	(0.11)	0.65	0.51	11.7	0.49	0.64	0.55	0.56	13.12	2.25	2.27
Diluted - continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.01)	0.63	0.51	0.25	0.32	0.42	0.4	0.4	1.37	1.53	1.78
Diluted - discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.1)	0.02		11.36	0.17	0.22	0.15	0.16	11.63	0.7	0.47
Per diluted share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.65	$ 0.51	$ 11.61	$ 0.49	$ 0.64	$ 0.55	$ 0.56	13	2.23	2.25
Dividends declared and paid
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)									$ 0.8	$ 0.8	$ 0.8
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	3,000