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Net Income per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Net Income Per Share [Abstract] |
Allocation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders using Two-Class Method |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands)
|  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted
Net income |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 30,328 |  | $ 30,328
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | — |  | — |  | (64) |  | (64)
Change in redeemable amount of noncontrolling interest |  | — |  | — |  | 61 |  | 61
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
corresponding to common stock |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 30,325 |  | $ 30,325
Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands, except per share data)
|  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share |  | $ 0.04 |  | $ 0.04 |  | $ 0.69 |  | $ 0.69
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 1,721 |  | $ 30,325 |  | $ 30,325
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average of common stock outstanding for Basic earnings per share |  | 44,154,796 |  | 44,154,796 |  | 44,153,818 |  | 44,153,818
Adjustment for Convertible Notes |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | —
Adjusted weighted average of common stock outstanding for Diluted earnings per share |  | 44,154,796 |  | 44,154,796 |  | 44,153,818 |  | 44,153,818

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