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Business Segment Information - Schedule of Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 16,526	$ 14,997	$ 48,136	$ 44,591
Operating Income	1,001	1,025	3,380	3,456
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	9,370	8,569	27,376	25,671
Operating Income	424	557	1,574	1,873
FedEx Ground Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	5,222	4,688	14,790	13,397
Operating Income	634	515	1,781	1,590
FedEx Freight Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,694	1,492	5,208	4,747
Operating Income	55	41	349	264
FedEx Services Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	397	389	1,213	1,198
Eliminations, Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(157)	(141)	(451)	(422)
Operating Income	$ (112)	$ (88)	$ (324)	$ (271)

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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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