| Entity Registrant Name | General Electric Company |
| CIK | 0000040545 |
| Accession number | 0000040554-14-000023 |
| Link to XBRL instance | http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004055414000023/ge-20131231.xml |
| Fiscal year end | --12-31 |
| Fiscal year focus | 2013 |
| Fiscal period focus | FY |
| Current balance sheet date | 2013-12-31 |
| Current year-to-date income statement start date | 2013-01-01 |
| Commentary | Everything is as was anticipated. Level 3 text block located, Level 4 detail discovered, total of detail foots. |
| Level 3 (Disclosure) Text Block concept | us-gaap:ScheduleOfFutureMinimumRentalPaymentsForOperatingLeasesTableTextBlock |
|
Level 4 Details Key Concepts: Future minimum payments
| Description | Fact value | US GAAP XBRL Concept |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (Current portion) | 854,000,000 | us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent |
| Year 2 | 752,000,000 | us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears |
| Year 3 | 674,000,000 | us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears |
| Year 4 | 569,000,000 | us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears |
| Year 5 | 451,000,000 | us-gaap:OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears |
| Thereafter | 0 | |
| Total Long-term Debt | 3,300,000,000 | |
| CHECK | 0 |
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