XML 367 R383.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1

Proposal for Profit Appropriation - Additional Information (Detail)	May 17, 2019 € / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 € / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares
Common shares [member]
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items]
Par value per share		€ 0.12
Common share B [member]
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items]
Par value per share | $ / shares			$ 0.12
Aegon N.V [member] | Common shares [member]
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items]
Par value per share		€ 0.12
Aegon N.V [member] | Common shares [member] | Dividend Distributed [member]
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items]
Dividends proposed as distributions to owners per share	€ 0.16
Aegon N.V [member] | Common share B [member] | Dividend Distributed [member]
Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation [Line Items]
Dividends proposed as distributions to owners per share	€ 0.004

X

- Definition

Disclosure of proposal profit appropriation.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	aeg_DisclosureOfProposalProfitAppropriationLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	aeg_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The amount, per share, of dividends proposed as distributions to owners.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	aeg_DividendsProposedAsDistributionsToOwnersPerShare
Namespace Prefix:	aeg_
Data Type:	num:perShareItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The nominal value per share.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 79
-Subparagraph a
-Clause iii
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_79_a_iii&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ParValuePerShare
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	num:perShareItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfShareCapitalAxis=ifrs-full_OrdinarySharesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfShareCapitalAxis=aeg_CommonBSharesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis=ifrs-full_ParentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis=aeg_DividendDistributedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: