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Material Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Material Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Exchange Rates of Local Currencies Translated to Mexican Pesos |
|  |  | Exchange Rates of Local Currencies Translated to Mexican Pesos (1)
| Functional / |  | Average Exchange Rate for |  | Exchange Rate as of
| Recording |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
Country or Zone | Currency |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Guatemala | Quetzal |  | 2.27 |  | 2.60 |  | 2.62 |  | 2.16 |  | 2.47
Costa Rica | Colon |  | 0.03 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.03
Panama | U.S. dollar |  | 17.77 |  | 20.13 |  | 20.28 |  | 16.89 |  | 19.36
Colombia | Colombian peso |  | 0.004 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.01 |  | 0.01
Nicaragua | Cordoba |  | 0.49 |  | 0.56 |  | 0.58 |  | 0.46 |  | 0.53
Argentina | Argentine peso |  | 0.07 |  | 0.16 |  | 0.21 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.11
Brazil | Reais |  | 3.56 |  | 3.90 |  | 3.76 |  | 3.49 |  | 3.71
Chile | Chilean peso |  | 0.02 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.02 |  | 0.02
Euro Zone | Euro (€) |  | 19.19 |  | 21.17 |  | 24.00 |  | 18.76 |  | 20.65
Peru | Nuevo Sol |  | 4.74 |  | 5.24 |  | 5.22 |  | 4.55 |  | 5.07
Ecuador | U.S. dollar |  | 17.77 |  | 20.13 |  | 20.28 |  | 16.89 |  | 19.36
United States | U.S. dollar |  | 17.77 |  | 20.13 |  | 20.28 |  | 16.89 |  | 19.36
Uruguay | Uruguayan peso |  | 0.46 |  | 0.49 |  | 0.47 |  | 0.43 |  | 0.48
Switzerland | Swiss franc |  | 19.77 |  | — |  | — |  | 20.11 |  | —
(1)Exchange rates published by the Central Bank of each country where the Company operates, except for Panama and Ecuador.
Disclosure of Recognition of Effects of Inflation in Countries with Hyperinflationary Economic Environments | As of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, the operations of the Company are classified as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | Cumulative Inflation 2020 - 2022 |  |  |  |  |
Country |  | Cumulative Inflation 2021 - 2023 | Type of Economy |  | Type of Economy |  | Cumulative Inflation 2019 - 2021 | Type of Economy
Mexico |  | 21.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 19.4 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 13.9 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Guatemala |  | 17.3 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 18.0 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 11.7 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Costa Rica |  | 9.5 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 12.4 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 5.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Panama |  | 6.7 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 3.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 0.9 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Colombia |  | 30.6 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 21.4 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 11.4 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Nicaragua |  | 26.3 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 23.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 17.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Argentina (a) |  | 815.6 | % | Hyperinflationary |  | 300.3 | % | Hyperinflationary |  | 216.1 | % | Hyperinflationary
Brazil |  | 21.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 21.7 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 20.0 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Euro Zone |  | 18.0 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 14.6 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 5.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Chile |  | 25.6 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 20.9 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 13.7 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Peru |  | 19.2 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 15.4 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 10.6 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Ecuador |  | 7.2 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 5.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 22.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
United States |  | 17.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 13.8 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 11.0 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Uruguay |  | 22.9 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 27.9 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | 28.5 | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Germany |  | 24.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Netherlands |  | 19.1 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Austria |  | 21.3 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Luxembourg |  | 17.3 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Switzerland |  | 6.2 | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary |  | — | % | Non-hyperinflationary
Disclosure of Estimated Useful Lives of Company's Assets | The estimated useful lives of the Company’s assets are as follows:
|  | Years
Buildings |  | 20-50
Machinery and equipment |  | 5-25
Distribution equipment |  | 4-14
Refrigeration equipment |  | 6-10
Returnable bottles |  | 1.5-4
Leasehold improvements |  | The shorter of the lease term or 21 years
Information technology equipment |  | 3-5
Other equipment |  | 2-15

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