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Business Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 14,931	$ 12,453	$ 29,594	$ 24,732
Operating Income	1,167	1,137	2,431	2,281
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,743	6,588	13,399	13,179
Operating Income	636	622	1,260	1,167
TNT Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,899		3,703
Operating Income	70		56
FedEx Ground Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	4,419	4,050	8,709	7,880
Operating Income	465	526	1,075	1,063
FedEx Freight Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,597	1,547	3,255	3,148
Operating Income	88	101	223	233
FedEx Services Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	414	403	809	793
Eliminations, corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(141)	(135)	(281)	(268)
Operating Income	$ (92)	$ (112)	$ (183)	$ (182)

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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=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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