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Business Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 12,453	$ 11,939	$ 24,732	$ 23,623
Operating Income	1,137	1,088	2,281	2,150
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,588	7,024	13,179	13,886
Operating Income	622	492	1,167	869
FedEx Ground Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	4,050	3,063	7,880	6,023
Operating Income	526	465	1,063	1,010
FedEx Freight Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,547	1,585	3,148	3,194
Operating Income	101	112	233	280
FedEx Services Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	403	394	793	768
Eliminations, corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(135)	(127)	(268)	(248)
Operating Income	$ (112)	$ 19	$ (182)	$ (9)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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