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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions |  |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |
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Mar. 23, 2023 USD ($) shares | Mar. 14, 2023 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) | Jun. 08, 2021 USD ($) | Mar. 25, 2021 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Mar. 24, 2022 USD ($)
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of net income allocation toward legal reserve |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00% |  |  |
Legal reserve |  |  |  |  |  | $ 106 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest and perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  | 352 | $ 408 |  |
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  | (2,349) | $ (2,549) |  |
Issuance of subordinated notes |  |  |  |  |  | 992 |  | $ 994 |
Parent [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,576 |  |  |
Mexican peso [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Closing foreign exchange rate |  |  |  |  |  | 16.97 | 19.5 | 20.5 |
Coupon Payment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 11 |
Two Thousand And Nineteen Treasury Repurchase Program [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treasury shares repurchase amount authorized |  |  |  |  | $ 500 |  |  |  |
Two Thousand And Twenty Treasury Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treasury shares repurchase amount authorized | $ 500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  |  |  |
Shares Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares repurchased | shares | 662,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Two Thousand And Twenty Three Treasury Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treasury shares repurchase amount authorized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 500
Non-controlling Interest [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interest and perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  | $ 351 | $ 408 |  |
Net income attributable to noncontroling interest |  |  |  |  |  | 17 | 27 | 25 |
Subordinated Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coupon payment on perpetual debentures |  |  |  |  |  | $ 120 | $ 54 | $ 30 |
Issuance of subordinated notes |  | $ 1,000 |  | $ 1,000 |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of issuance on subordinated note |  | 9.125% |  | 5.125% |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated notes |  | $ 992 |  | $ 994 |  |  |  |  |
Perpetual Subordinated Bonds [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of subordinated liabilities |  |  | $ 449 |  |  |  |  |  |
Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interest ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 10.14% | 22.10% |  |
Number of shares acquired | shares |  |  |  |  |  | 1,614,000,000 |  |  |
CEMEX Latam Holdings, S.A. [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interest ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 0.50% | 4.70% |  |
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] | Parent [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Classes of Share Capital [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treasury shares |  |  |  |  |  | $ 16 | $ 8 |  |
Investment in shares held by the subsidiary | shares |  |  |  |  |  | (20,541,277) | (20,541,277) |  |

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