| Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Pay vs Performance [Table Text Block] | Value Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based on: Summary Average Summary Average Peer Group Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation Total Total Table Total for Actually Paid to Table Total for Actually Paid to Shareholder Shareholder Net PEO PEO non-PEO NEOs non-PEO NEOs Return Return Income EBIT Year ($) ($)(1) ($) ($)(1) ($)(2) ($)(2) ($ millions) ($ millions)(3) 2022 12,244,474 21,333,867 2,793,570 3,925,060 139.47 106.60 584 753 2021 10,794,495 6,373,916 2,480,792 1,992,573 101.26 139.20 149 680 2020 8,783,162 8,969,913 1,846,407 1,473,863 100.18 125.67 249 579 (1) Amounts represent compensation actually paid to our Chief Executive Officer (referred to in this section as our PEO) and the average compensation actually paid to our remaining NEOs for the relevant fiscal year, as determined under SEC rules (and described below), which includes the individuals indicated in the table below for each fiscal year: Year PEO Non-PEO NEOs 2022 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Darrow A. Abrahams, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno 2021 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Darrow A. Abrahams, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno, Giancarlo Currarino 2020 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno, Giancarlo Currarino, Miguel I. Alvarez, Mary Beth Wilkinson Compensation actually paid to our NEOs represents the “Total” compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable fiscal year, as adjusted as follows: 2020 2021 2022 Adjustments Average Non- Average Non- Average Non- PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs Deduction for Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” Columns in the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year $ (6,100,005) $ (704,042) $ (6,528,455) $ (835,342) $ (7,737,321) $ (1,053,308) Increase in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Applicable Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End 8,032,110 624,380 7,086,957 906,803 12,059,647 1,641,725 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Applicable Fiscal Year End (730,920) (56,912) (4,879,970) (471,485) 4,718,737 611,950 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Vested During Applicable Fiscal Year, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Vesting Date (308,792) (27,832) 113,595 10,356 48,330 9,116 Reduction of Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that were Forfeited during Applicable Fiscal Year, determined as of Prior Fiscal Year End - (89,278) - - - - Reduction for values reported in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” Column of the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year (705,642) (184,877) (212,705) (189,844) - (200,673) Increase for Service Cost and, if applicable, Prior Service Cost for Pension Plans - 66,016 - 91,293 - 122,680 TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS $ 186,751 $ (372,545) $ (4,420,578) $ (488,219) $ 9,089,393 $ 1,131,490 (2) For the relevant year, represents the cumulative TSR (the “Peer Group TSR”) of the following peer companies (which comprise a packaging group consisting of companies with lines of business or product end uses comparable to those of the Company for which market quotations are available): AptarGroup, Inc., Ardagh Group S.A., Ball Corp., Crown Holdings, Inc., O-I Glass, Inc., Sealed Air Corp., Silgan Holdings Inc., and Sonoco Products Co. TSR amounts reported in the graph (both for O-I’s TSR and for the Peer Group TSR) assume an initial fixed investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock or in the peer group, as applicable, for the period beginning on December 31, 2019 through the end of the relevant fiscal year, and that all dividends, if any, were reinvested. I (3) EBIT is a non-GAAP measure. See Appendix A for a calculation of this measure. | | |
| Company Selected Measure Name | EBIT | | |
| Named Executive Officers, Footnote [Text Block] | Year PEO Non-PEO NEOs 2022 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Darrow A. Abrahams, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno 2021 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Darrow A. Abrahams, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno, Giancarlo Currarino 2020 Andres A. Lopez John A. Haudrich, Arnaud Aujouannet, Vitaliano Torno, Giancarlo Currarino, Miguel I. Alvarez, Mary Beth Wilkinson | | |
| Peer Group Issuers, Footnote [Text Block] | (2) For the relevant year, represents the cumulative TSR (the “Peer Group TSR”) of the following peer companies (which comprise a packaging group consisting of companies with lines of business or product end uses comparable to those of the Company for which market quotations are available): AptarGroup, Inc., Ardagh Group S.A., Ball Corp., Crown Holdings, Inc., O-I Glass, Inc., Sealed Air Corp., Silgan Holdings Inc., and Sonoco Products Co. TSR amounts reported in the graph (both for O-I’s TSR and for the Peer Group TSR) assume an initial fixed investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock or in the peer group, as applicable, for the period beginning on December 31, 2019 through the end of the relevant fiscal year, and that all dividends, if any, were reinvested. I | | |
| PEO Total Compensation Amount | $ 12,244,474 | $ 10,794,495 | $ 8,783,162 |
| PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount | $ 21,333,867 | 6,373,916 | 8,969,913 |
| Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote [Text Block] | Compensation actually paid to our NEOs represents the “Total” compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable fiscal year, as adjusted as follows: 2020 2021 2022 Adjustments Average Non- Average Non- Average Non- PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs Deduction for Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” Columns in the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year $ (6,100,005) $ (704,042) $ (6,528,455) $ (835,342) $ (7,737,321) $ (1,053,308) Increase in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Applicable Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End 8,032,110 624,380 7,086,957 906,803 12,059,647 1,641,725 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Applicable Fiscal Year End (730,920) (56,912) (4,879,970) (471,485) 4,718,737 611,950 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Vested During Applicable Fiscal Year, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Vesting Date (308,792) (27,832) 113,595 10,356 48,330 9,116 Reduction of Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that were Forfeited during Applicable Fiscal Year, determined as of Prior Fiscal Year End - (89,278) - - - - Reduction for values reported in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” Column of the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year (705,642) (184,877) (212,705) (189,844) - (200,673) Increase for Service Cost and, if applicable, Prior Service Cost for Pension Plans - 66,016 - 91,293 - 122,680 TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS $ 186,751 $ (372,545) $ (4,420,578) $ (488,219) $ 9,089,393 $ 1,131,490 (2) For the relevant year, represents the cumulative TSR (the “Peer Group TSR”) of the following peer companies (which comprise a packaging group consisting of companies with lines of business or product end uses comparable to those of the Company for which market quotations are available): AptarGroup, Inc., Ardagh Group S.A., Ball Corp., Crown Holdings, Inc., O-I Glass, Inc., Sealed Air Corp., Silgan Holdings Inc., and Sonoco Products Co. TSR amounts reported in the graph (both for O-I’s TSR and for the Peer Group TSR) assume an initial fixed investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock or in the peer group, as applicable, for the period beginning on December 31, 2019 through the end of the relevant fiscal year, and that all dividends, if any, were reinvested. I | | |
| Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount | $ 2,793,570 | 2,480,792 | 1,846,407 |
| Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount | $ 3,925,060 | 1,992,573 | 1,473,863 |
| Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote [Text Block] | Compensation actually paid to our NEOs represents the “Total” compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable fiscal year, as adjusted as follows: 2020 2021 2022 Adjustments Average Non- Average Non- Average Non- PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs PEO PEO NEOs Deduction for Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” Columns in the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year $ (6,100,005) $ (704,042) $ (6,528,455) $ (835,342) $ (7,737,321) $ (1,053,308) Increase in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Applicable Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End 8,032,110 624,380 7,086,957 906,803 12,059,647 1,641,725 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Applicable Fiscal Year End (730,920) (56,912) (4,879,970) (471,485) 4,718,737 611,950 Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Vested During Applicable Fiscal Year, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Vesting Date (308,792) (27,832) 113,595 10,356 48,330 9,116 Reduction of Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that were Forfeited during Applicable Fiscal Year, determined as of Prior Fiscal Year End - (89,278) - - - - Reduction for values reported in the “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” Column of the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year (705,642) (184,877) (212,705) (189,844) - (200,673) Increase for Service Cost and, if applicable, Prior Service Cost for Pension Plans - 66,016 - 91,293 - 122,680 TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS $ 186,751 $ (372,545) $ (4,420,578) $ (488,219) $ 9,089,393 $ 1,131,490 (2) For the relevant year, represents the cumulative TSR (the “Peer Group TSR”) of the following peer companies (which comprise a packaging group consisting of companies with lines of business or product end uses comparable to those of the Company for which market quotations are available): AptarGroup, Inc., Ardagh Group S.A., Ball Corp., Crown Holdings, Inc., O-I Glass, Inc., Sealed Air Corp., Silgan Holdings Inc., and Sonoco Products Co. TSR amounts reported in the graph (both for O-I’s TSR and for the Peer Group TSR) assume an initial fixed investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock or in the peer group, as applicable, for the period beginning on December 31, 2019 through the end of the relevant fiscal year, and that all dividends, if any, were reinvested. I | | |
| Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return [Text Block] | | | |
| Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income [Text Block] | | | |
| Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure [Text Block] | | | |
| Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group [Text Block] | | | |
| Total Shareholder Return Amount | $ 139.47 | 101.26 | 100.18 |
| Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount | 106.60 | 139.20 | 125.67 |
| Net Income (Loss) | $ 584,000,000 | $ 149,000,000 | $ 249,000,000 |
| Company Selected Measure Amount | 753,000,000 | 680,000,000 | 579,000,000 |
| PEO Name | Andres A. Lopez | | |
| Measure [Axis]: 1 | | | |
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| Measure Name | EBIT | | |
| Non-GAAP Measure Description [Text Block] | (3) EBIT is a non-GAAP measure. See Appendix A for a calculation of this measure. | | |
| Measure [Axis]: 2 | | | |
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| Measure Name | aFCF | | |
| Measure [Axis]: 3 | | | |
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| Measure Name | ROIC | | |
| Measure [Axis]: 4 | | | |
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| Measure Name | EPS | | |
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| Measure Name | TSR | | |
| Measure [Axis]: 6 | | | |
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| Measure Name | r-TSR | | |
| PEO [Member] | | | |
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| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | $ 9,089,393 | $ (4,420,578) | $ 186,751 |
| PEO [Member] | Deduction for Amounts Reported under the "Stock Awards" and "Option Awards" Columns in the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | (7,737,321) | (6,528,455) | (6,100,005) |
| PEO [Member] | Increase in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Applicable Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 12,059,647 | 7,086,957 | 8,032,110 |
| PEO [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Applicable Fiscal Year End | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 4,718,737 | (4,879,970) | (730,920) |
| PEO [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Vested During Applicable Fiscal Year, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Vesting Date | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 48,330 | 113,595 | (308,792) |
| PEO [Member] | Reduction for values reported in the "Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings" Column of the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | | (212,705) | (705,642) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 1,131,490 | (488,219) | (372,545) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Deduction for Amounts Reported under the "Stock Awards" and "Option Awards" Columns in the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | (1,053,308) | (835,342) | (704,042) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Increase in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Applicable Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 1,641,725 | 906,803 | 624,380 |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Remained Outstanding and Unvested as of Applicable Fiscal Year End, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Applicable Fiscal Year End | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 611,950 | (471,485) | (56,912) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that Vested During Applicable Fiscal Year, determined based on change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year End to Vesting Date | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 9,116 | 10,356 | (27,832) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Reduction of Fair Value of Awards Granted during Prior Fiscal Year that were Forfeited during Applicable Fiscal Year, determined as of Prior Fiscal Year End | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | | | (89,278) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Reduction for values reported in the "Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings" Column of the Summary Compensation Table for Applicable Fiscal Year | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | (200,673) | (189,844) | (184,877) |
| Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Increase for Service Cost and, if applicable, Prior Service Cost for Pension Plans | | | |
| Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] | | | |
| Adjustment to Compensation Amount | $ 122,680 | $ 91,293 | $ 66,016 |
