Earnings (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders - Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 23, 2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 142,504	$ 152,689
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	399,541,735	396,216,057
Dilutive effect of stock awards (in shares)	12,331,036	13,852,316
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	411,872,771	410,068,373
Earnings per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.36	$ 0.39
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.35	$ 0.37
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares)	989,627	787,917