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Stock Based Compensation (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Aggregate Intrinsic Value [Abstract]
Outstanding at May 31, 2014	$ 820us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	[1]
Stock options exercisable	493us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1	[1]
Stock options expected to vest	$ 307fdx_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpectedToVestOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue	[1]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Roll Forward
Outstanding at June 1, 2013	19,135,434us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Stock options granted	3,482,179us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Stock options exercised	(6,468,517)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Stock options forfeited	(514,240)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
Outstanding at May 31, 2014	15,634,856us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Stock options exercisable	8,913,173us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableNumber
Stock options expected to vest	6,318,382fdx_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber
Stock options available for future grants	13,108,873us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) [Abstract]
Outstanding at May 31, 2014	6.0fdx_StockOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm
Stock options exercisable	4.3fdx_StockOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm
Stock options expected to vest	8.3fdx_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Weighted Average Exercise Price [Abstract]
Outstanding at June 1, 2013	$ 87.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options granted	$ 103.83us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options exercised	$ 86.15us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options forfeited	$ 91.61us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Outstanding at May 31, 2014	$ 91.71us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options exercisable	$ 88.81us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Stock options expected to vest	$ 95.56fdx_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
[1] Only presented for options with market value at May 31, 2014 in excess of the exercise price of the option.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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