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2407405 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans - Changes in Plan Assets (Detail)
(http://www.genpt.com/role/EmployeeBenefitPlansChangesInPlanAssetsDetail)
TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000040987 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
Changes in plan assets
 
 
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year
1,912,736,000  
2,021,837,000  
Actual return on plan assets
146,022,000  
(45,529,000) 
Foreign currency exchange rate changes
5,172,000  
(33,382,000) 
Employer contributions
53,663,000  
54,543,000  
Plan participants’ contributions
2,585,000  
2,838,000  
Benefits paid
(154,676,000) 
(87,571,000) 
Fair value of plan assets at end of year
1,965,502,000  
 
1,912,736,000