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100790 - Disclosure - Segment Information - Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Detail)
(http://www.msci.com/20161231/taxonomy/role/DisclosureSegmentInformationLongLivedAssetsByGeographicAreaDetail)
TableSchedule Of Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001408198 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
GeographicalGeographical
United States [Member]Other [Member]Total Americas [Member]United Kingdom [Member]Other [Member]Total EMEA [Member]Japan [Member]Other [Member]Total Asia & Australia [Member]GeographicalUnited States [Member]Other [Member]Total Americas [Member]United Kingdom [Member]Other [Member]Total EMEA [Member]Japan [Member]Other [Member]Total Asia & Australia [Member]Geographical
Long-lived assets
1,876,366,000  
1,543,000  
1,877,909,000  
89,466,000  
23,780,000  
113,246,000  
357,000  
7,563,000  
7,920,000  
1,999,075,000  
1,916,689,000  
2,279,000  
1,918,968,000  
110,261,000  
16,849,000  
127,110,000  
570,000  
9,389,000  
9,959,000  
2,056,037,000