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 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Mar. 31, 2024
Mar. 31, 2023
Document Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 20-F    
Document Registration Statement false    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Period End Date Mar. 31, 2025    
Document Transition Report false    
Document Shell Company Report false    
Entity File Number 001-36614    
Entity Registrant Name Alibaba Group Holding Limited    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code E9    
Entity Address, Address Line One 26/F Tower One    
Entity Address, Address Line Two Times Square    
Entity Address, Address Line Three 1 Matheson Street    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 00000    
Entity Address, City or Town Causeway Bay    
Entity Address, Country HK    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 18,474,235,708    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Accounting Standard U.S. GAAP    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Central Index Key 0001577552    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --03-31    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2025    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Amendment Flag false    
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Alibaba Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated income statements, consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2025, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the consolidated income statements, consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Alibaba Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the year ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

    
Auditor Name PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers
Auditor Firm ID 1424 1424 1389
Auditor Location Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China
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Ordinary Shares      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Title of 12(b) Security Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.000003125‬ per share    
No Trading Symbol Flag true    
American Depositary Shares ("ADSs")      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Title of 12(b) Security American Depositary Shares, each representing eight Ordinary Shares    
Trading Symbol BABA    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Business contact      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Contact Personnel Name Toby Hong Xu    
City Area Code 852    
Local Phone Number 2215‑5100    
Entity Address, Address Line One 26/F Tower One    
Entity Address, Address Line Two Times Square    
Entity Address, Address Line Three 1 Matheson Street    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 00000    
Entity Address, City or Town Causeway Bay    
Entity Address, Country HK    
Contact Personnel Fax Number +852‑2215‑5200