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Ratio of net debt to EBITDA.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Debt - UGI International (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - UGI International (Details) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2015 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 29, 2015 EUR (€)	May 29, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt \| $						$ 3,795.5			$ 3,667.4
Principal repayments due April 30, 2018 \| $						74.8
Principal repayments due April 30, 2019 \| $						546.2
Principal repayments due April 30, 2020 \| $						54.0
Long-term debt, gross \| $						$ 3,832.3			3,699.8
Interest Rate Swap \| Interest Expense
Debt Instrument
Loss on interest rate swaps \| $					$ 9.0
France SAS \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument term (in years)	5 years
Ratio of net debt to EBITDA			3.50	3.50
France SAS \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Variable interest rate floor (percentage)			0.00%	0.00%
France SAS \| Interest Expense \| 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Write off of debt issuance costs \| $				$ 1.3
France SAS \| AGZ Holding \| 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Repayments of debt			€ 342,000,000
France SAS \| Interest Rate Swap \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Underlying fixed interest rate (percentage)			0.18%			0.18%
France SAS \| Interest Rate Swap \| Interest Expense \| 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Loss on interest rate swaps \| $				$ 9.0
France SAS \| Minimum \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.60%	1.60%
France SAS \| Maximum \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			2.70%	2.70%
France SAS \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	1.45%
France SAS \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	2.55%
France SAS \| Term Loan \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	€ 600,000,000									€ 600,000,000	$ 659.6
Principal repayments due April 30, 2018			€ 60,000,000
Principal repayments due April 30, 2019			60,000,000
Principal repayments due April 30, 2020			€ 480,000,000
Long-term debt, gross \| $						$ 674.4			$ 670.7
France SAS \| Term Loan \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.90%	1.90%
Effective interest rate (percentage)			2.10%			2.10%		2.70%	2.70%
France SAS \| Term Loan \| 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Pretax loss on early extinguishment of debt \| $				$ 10.3
France SAS \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity	60,000,000
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate (percentage)			2.11%			2.11%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Term Loan, due October 2016
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate (percentage)								3.40%	3.40%
Long-term debt, gross		€ 19,100,000				$ 0.0	$ 21.4	€ 19,100,000	$ 21.4
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Term Loan, due through August 2016
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate (percentage)								4.21%	4.21%
Long-term debt, gross		26,700,000				0.0	29.8	€ 26,700,000	$ 29.8
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Term Loan due through September 2016
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, gross \| $									52.0
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Term Loan, due September 2018
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, gross \| $						$ 59.1			$ 59.1
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Term Loan, due September 2018 \| One-Month LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.125%	1.125%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Interest Rate Swap \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement \| Three-Month EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Underlying fixed interest rate (percentage)			0.23%			0.23%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Cross Currency Contracts \| Flaga Term Loan, due September 2018 \| One-Month LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate (percentage)			0.87%			0.87%		0.87%	0.87%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Minimum \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement \| Three-Month EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			1.20%	1.20%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Maximum \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement \| Three-Month EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			2.60%	2.60%
Flaga \| Term Loan \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		45,800,000.0
Long-term debt, gross		45,800,000					$ 51.4
Flaga \| Line of Credit \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		100,800,000.0
Flaga \| Line of Credit \| Flaga Multi-Currency Working Capital Facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity			€ 46,000,000
Flaga \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		€ 25,000,000
Facility fee		30.00%
Flaga \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)		1.45%
Flaga \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)		3.65%
Flaga \| Overdraft Facility \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		€ 5,000,000
Flaga \| Guarantee Facility \| Flaga Credit Facility Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		€ 25,000,000
Antargaz \| Revolving Credit Facility \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity										€ 30,000,000
Finagaz \| Revolving Credit Facility \| 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity	€ 30,000,000