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Compensation Plan for Outside Directors - Summary of Total Accrued Compensation Cost Related to Outside Directors (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Accrued compensation cost related to outside Directors, Total	$ 964,743us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense	$ 953,638us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense	$ 582,562us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
Chairman Fee [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Accrued compensation cost related to outside Directors, Total	61,357us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_ChairmanFeeMember	55,858us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_ChairmanFeeMember	57,680us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_ChairmanFeeMember
Adjustable Award [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Accrued compensation cost related to outside Directors, Total	544,756us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_AdjustableAwardMember	575,242us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_AdjustableAwardMember	282,703us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_AdjustableAwardMember
Non-adjustable Award [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Accrued compensation cost related to outside Directors, Total	$ 358,630us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_NonAdjustableAwardMember	$ 322,538us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_NonAdjustableAwardMember	$ 242,179us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = meli_NonAdjustableAwardMember

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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