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Business Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 12,654	$ 11,716	$ 37,386	$ 35,339
Operating Income	864	1,038	3,145	3,188
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,557	6,656	19,736	20,542
Operating Income	595	393	1,762	1,262
FedEx Ground Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	4,408	3,393	12,288	9,416
Operating Income	557	559	1,620	1,569
FedEx Freight Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,447	1,428	4,595	4,622
Operating Income	56	67	289	347
FedEx Services Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	384	370	1,177	1,138
Eliminations, corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(142)	(131)	(410)	(379)
Operating Income	$ (344)	$ 19	$ (526)	$ 10

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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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