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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail)
 12 Months Ended
Jun. 08, 2021
USD ($)
Mar. 25, 2021
USD ($)
shares
Dec. 17, 2019
Jun. 17, 2019
Mar. 28, 2019
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Jul. 18, 2016
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
shares
Dec. 31, 2020
USD ($)
shares
Dec. 31, 2019
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2018
USD ($)
Mar. 26, 2020
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Additional paid-in capital             $ 7,492,000,000 $ 7,575,000,000      
Percentage of net income allocation toward legal reserve             5.00%        
Legal reserve             $ 95,000,000        
Non-controlling interest and perpetual debentures             444,000,000 877,000,000      
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures             (2,365,000,000) (2,453,000,000)      
Dividend Declaration Date         Mar. 28, 2019            
Dividend declared         $ 150,000,000            
Purchase of treasury shares             0 83,000,000 $ 50,000,000    
Explanation of the fact that shares have no par value         without par-value            
Share price | $ / shares                     $ 0.22
Treasury shares             14,000,000 $ 11,000,000     $ 83,000,000
Issuance of subordinated notes             994,000,000        
Mandatory Convertible Securities [member] | Mandatory Convertible Securities 2019 [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Borrowings interest rate                     3.72%
Parent [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures             $ 2,289,000,000        
Mexican peso [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Closing foreign exchange rate             20.50 19.8900 18.9200    
Coupon Payment [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures             $ 11,000,000 $ 24,000,000 $ 29,000,000    
Two Thousand And Nineteen Treasury Repurchase Program [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Treasury shares repurchase amount authorized         $ 500,000,000           $ 500,000,000
Two Thousand And Nineteen Treasury Repurchase Program [member] | Share Repurchase One [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Purchase of treasury shares         282,600            
Cancellation of treasury shares         $ 282,600            
Purchase of treasury shares in shares | shares         2,000,000,000            
Decrease in variable part of common stock treasury shares repurchased and cancelled | shares         2,000,000,000            
Two Thousand And Nineteen Treasury Repurchase Program [member] | Share Repurchase Two [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Purchase of treasury shares         $ 67,000.0000            
Cancellation of treasury shares         $ 67,000.0000            
Purchase of treasury shares in shares | shares         461,000,000            
Decrease in variable part of common stock treasury shares repurchased and cancelled | shares         461,000,000            
Two Thousand And Twenty Treasury Repurchase Program [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Treasury shares repurchase amount authorized   $ 500,000,000                  
Number of shares repurchased | shares   1,134,000,000                  
Shares Authorized To Guarantee The Conversion Of Then Existing Convertible Securities | shares   3,409,500,000                  
Dividend Declared Date One [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Dividend declared date of payment       Jun. 17, 2019              
Dividend Declared Date Two [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Dividend declared date of payment     Dec. 17, 2019                
Retained earnings [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Restitution of retained earnings               2,481,000,000      
Additional paid-in capital [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Additional paid-in capital                 17,000,000    
Purchase of treasury shares             83,000,000 50,000,000 75,000,000    
Restitution of retained earnings               (2,481,000,000)      
Non-controlling Interest [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Non-controlling interest and perpetual debentures             444,000,000 428,000,000      
Net income attributable to noncontroling interest             25,000,000 21,000,000 $ 36,000,000    
Variable Part Of Share Capital [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Increase in variable common stock share issue         $ 22,000            
Increase in variable common stock share issue in shares | shares         150,000,000            
Share price | $ / shares         $ 0.000143            
Subordinated Notes [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures             30,000,000        
Issuance of subordinated notes $ 1,000,000,000           $ 994,000,000        
Percentage of issuance on subordinated note 5.125%                    
Perpetual Subordinated Bonds [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Non-controlling interest and perpetual debentures               $ 449,000,000      
CEMEX Holdings Philippines, Inc. [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Non-controlling interest ownership percentage                 45.00% 33.22%  
Percentage of outstanding common shares owned by the subsidiary           45.00%          
Reduction in non-controlling interest               22.16%      
CEMEX Latam Holdings, S.A. [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Non-controlling interest ownership percentage             7.74% 7.63%      
Caribbean TCL [member] | Trinidad Cement Limited [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Non-controlling interest ownership percentage             30.17% 30.17%      
CPO [Member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Number of shares issued | shares                 27,400,000    
Number of shares cumulatively repurchased | shares                     378,200,000
CPO [Member] | Parent [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Treasury shares             $ 14,000,000 $ 11,000,000      
Investment in shares held by the subsidiary | shares             (20,541,277) (20,541,277)      
CPO [Member] | Treasury shares [member] | Two Thousand And Nineteen Treasury Repurchase Program [member]                      
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items]                      
Share price | $ / shares                 $ 0.3164    
Number of shares cumulatively repurchased | shares                 157,700,000    
Treasury shares                 $ 50,000,000 $ 50,000,000