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Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]    
Net revenues $ 148,103us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet $ 115,382us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Cost of net revenues (44,708)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue (31,540)us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross profit 103,395us-gaap_GrossProfit 83,842us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating expenses:    
Product and technology development (17,245)us-gaap_TechnologyServicesCosts (12,257)us-gaap_TechnologyServicesCosts
Sales and marketing (26,202)us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense (22,352)us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative (18,134)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense (15,232)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (16,226)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges  
Total operating expenses (77,807)us-gaap_OperatingExpenses (49,841)us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Income from operations 25,588us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 34,001us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expenses):    
Interest income and other financial gains 4,308us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 3,036us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Interest expense and other financial losses (4,950)meli_InterestExpenseAndOtherFinancialCharges (1,027)meli_InterestExpenseAndOtherFinancialCharges
Foreign currency (losses) gains (8,570)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 3,093us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Net income before income / asset tax expense 16,376us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 39,103us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income / asset tax expense (14,655)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (8,775)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 1,721us-gaap_ProfitLoss 30,328us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net Income attributable to Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest   64us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. shareholders $ 1,721us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 30,264us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic EPS    
Basic net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share $ 0.04us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted average of outstanding common shares 44,154,796us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 44,153,818us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted EPS    
Diluted net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share $ 0.04us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average of outstanding common shares 44,154,796us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 44,153,818us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Cash Dividends declared $ 0.103us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.166us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared