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Dispositions (Details) € in Thousands, د.م. in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, R in Thousands, $ in Thousands																															1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 06, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2020 campus	Jan. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 27, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($) company	May 09, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 12, 2019 USD ($) campus	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2019 HKD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 CNY (¥)	Jul. 27, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 27, 2018 HKD ($)	Apr. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 13, 2018 MAD (د.م.)	Apr. 12, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 12, 2018 EUR (€)	Feb. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2018 HKD ($)	Jan. 25, 2018 CNY (¥)	Jan. 15, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 11, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 11, 2018 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 HKD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) performanceMetric	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2020 BRL (R$)	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 EUR (€) company	Apr. 08, 2019 ZAR (R)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2017 MAD (د.م.)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Payments on long-term debt																																									$ 705,353,000	$ 2,507,790,000	$ 867,915,000
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period																$ 125,617,000																				$ 867,298,000				$ 97,817,000	867,298,000	97,817,000	125,617,000								$ 123,942,000
Loss on disposals of subsidiaries, net																																									(7,276,000)	(20,429,000)	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interest																																									(1,198,000)	370,000	635,000
Payments to purchase noncontrolling interests																																									13,716,000	5,761,000	127,000
Receipts from sales of discontinued operations, net of cash sold, property and equipment and other																																									676,569,000	1,266,042,000	375,807,000
Total Chile impairment																																									(790,229,000)	(940,000)	(13,110,000)
Chile | Peru
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Accumulated foreign currency translation gain (losses)																																				293,000,000
Total Chile impairment																																					$ (418,000,000)				(418,000,000)
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents																																				270,164,000				333,455,000	270,164,000	333,455,000
St. Augustine | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions													$ 400,000,000
European University–Cyprus Ltd And Laureate Italy S.r.L. | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture																													$ 275,500,000	€ 232,000
Net proceeds from dispositions																													$ 244,300,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																											218,000,000
Working capital settlement																																							$ 4,100,000
LEI Lie Ying Limited | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Amount receivable, noncurrent																																								25,900,000		25,900,000
Final holdback payment																																$ 18,300,000	$ 141,647
LEI Lie Ying Limited | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture																									$ 128,800,000		¥ 1,430,000
Net proceeds from dispositions																225,500,000									110,800,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																										13,700,000	84,000,000
Proceeds from second holdback payment														$ 9,100,000	$ 71,463		¥ 60,000								9,100,000	$ 71,463
Amounts of material contingent liabilities remaining																14,300,000									$ 14,300,000																		14,300,000
Amount receivable, noncurrent																																								25,900,000		25,900,000
Proceeds not received as conditions not met at closing																$ 7,900,000											¥ 50,000
Payment term, first payment due after the closing date																									6 months	6 months	6 months
Proceeds from first holdback payment																		$ 18,117,000	$ 142,221						$ 120,000,000
Payment term, second payment due after the closing date																									12 months	12 months	12 months
Monash South Africa (MSA) | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions											$ 1,100,000																																						R 15,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, debt											$ 20,200,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, percent of ownership sold											75.00%
Monash South Africa Limited And LEI AMEA Investments B.V. | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture											$ 9,000,000
Sodecam - Sociedade De Desenvolvimento Cultural Do Amazonas Ltda | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions						$ 43,000,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business						$ (300,000)
Dormant Subsidiaries | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Accumulated foreign currency translation gain (losses)																																								$ (37,500,000)
Laureate South Africa Pty Ltd (LSA) | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions											7,000,000																																						R 99,000
Laureate Germany Holding GmbH | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																											(5,500,000)
Capital consideration contributed																						$ 3,600,000
Laureate Somed Holding | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																											17,400,000
Laureate Somed Holding | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions | د.م.																																																				د.م. 500,000
Net proceeds from divestiture																				$ 32,500,000	د.م. 300,000
Net proceeds from dispositions																				$ 31,100,000
ANZ Target Companies and Their Subsidiaries
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from dispositions																																									624,200,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																									555,800,000
Fundacion Educacion y Cultura | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture		$ 195,300,000
Quarterly consideration receivable period		1 year
Amount receivable, noncurrent		$ 21,500,000
Loss on disposals of subsidiaries, net		(338,200,000)
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 288,000,000
Turkey Operations | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | TURKEY
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions																																			$ 15,000,000
Net proceeds from divestiture																															$ 8,436,000
Receivable agreement period																																			1 year
Campus Guadalajara Norte Sale | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions																																												$ 13,900,000
Net proceeds from divestiture																																									$ 7,000,000
Quarterly consideration receivable period																																									1 year
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																									$ 5,800,000
Consideration receivable																																												$ 6,900,000
Lines of credit | Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement | Term Loan
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Payments on long-term debt																								$ 350,000,000
Exeter Street Holdings, LLC | St. Augustine | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture													346,400,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, closing adjustments													11,700,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, debt													58,100,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, fees													7,200,000
Net proceeds from dispositions													$ 301,800,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																										$ 223,000,000
Exeter Street Holdings, LLC | NewSchool of Architecture and Design, LLC | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions			$ 1
Quarterly consideration receivable period			4 years
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																				(5,900,000)
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, percent of ownership sold			100.00%
Consideration, subsidies			$ 7,300,000
Consideration receivable																																				2,800,000					2,800,000
LEI Singapore Holdings Pte Limited, Laureate I B.V.,Laureate International B.V. | Pearl Retail Solutions Private Limited | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions										$ 145,600,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, closing adjustments										145,800,000
Net proceeds from dispositions										$ 77,300,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, percent of ownership sold										10.00%
Iniciativas Culturales de Espãna S.L., (“ICE”), and Laureate I B.V | Ensilis—Educação e Formação, Unipessoal, Lda | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions									$ 857,000,000																																							€ 770,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, debt									$ 109,000,000
Number of companies | company									3																																							3
LEI European Investments B.V. (LEI BV) | Laureate Germany Holding GmbH | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture																						1,200,000	€ 1,000
Laureate Germany
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period																						$ 12,900,000
Universidad U Latina, SRL and Education Holding Costa Rica EHCR, SRL | UIP. Excelencia y Superacion S.A. (EXUSA) | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions							$ 86,750,000
Net proceeds from dispositions							$ 82,000,000
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, percent of ownership disposed of							100.00%
Bilgi Egitim Ve Kultur Vakfi (Bilgi Foundation)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period								$ 89,000,000
INTI Education Holdings Sdn Bhd | Malaysia
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Taxes withheld	$ 4,200,000
Education Holding Cost Rica, S.R.L. | Costa Rica Operations | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions					$ 15,000,000
Net proceeds from dispositions																																					1,800,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																		$ (18,600,000)							(43,600,000)
Total Chile impairment																																						$ 25,000,000
Education Holding Cost Rica, S.R.L. | Costa Rica Operations | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | Certain Performance Metrics
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions					$ 7,000,000																											$ 5,000,000					$ 5,000,000
Contingent consideration, performance metrics period					2 years
Amounts of material contingent liabilities remaining					$ 30,000,000
Contingent consideration, performance metrics met | performanceMetric																																					1
Anima | Rede Internacional de Universidades Laureate Ltda. | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | Brazil
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions																																													$ 765,000,000	R$ 4,400,000,000
Cash consideration																																													660,700,000	3,800,000,000
Incremental earn-out																																													$ 35,300,000	R$ 203,000,000
Laureate Somed Holding | Laureate Middle East Holdings B.V. | Laureate Somed Holding | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent																						60.00%
La Société Maroc Emirats Arabes Unis de Développement | Laureate Somed Holding | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, noncontrolling owners, ownership percent																						40.00%
Stamford International University | China YuHua Education Investment Limited
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions												$ 35,300,000
Number of campuses | campus												3
Stamford International University | LEI Singapore Holdings Pte Limited, Laureate I B.V.,Laureate International B.V.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposition of business											$ 2,300,000
Construction Contracts | Payment Guarantee | Kendall College
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions																												$ 1
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																											$ (17,200,000)
Payment for guarantor obligation, construction contract																												14,000,000
Payment for guarantor obligation, working capital adjustment																												$ 2,100,000
Post closing term																												10 years
Remaining Lease Costs Minus Sublease Income | Payment Guarantee | Kendall College
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, amount of loan																																																		$ 24,000,000
Affiliated Entity | Laureate I B.V. | Education Turkey B.V. | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposition of business							$ 21,000,000
Discontinued operation, tax (expense) benefit from provision for (gain) loss on disposal							$ 1,500,000
Affiliated Entity | Stamford International University | China YuHua Education Investment Limited
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions									$ 2,800,000
Disposal group, contingent liability									1,400,000			$ 4,200,000
Affiliated Entity | Stamford International University | LEI Singapore Holdings Pte Limited, Laureate I B.V.,Laureate International B.V.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture												22,200,000
Net proceeds from dispositions												18,800,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business										$ 19,500,000		10,800,000
Proceeds from divestiture, net of debt assumed by purchaser												$ 26,400,000
Affiliated Entity | LEI Lie Ying Limited | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal transaction fees																									$ 16,000,000
Affiliated Entity | Iniciativas Culturales de Espãna S.L., (“ICE”), and Laureate I B.V
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds from divestiture									906,000,000
Net proceeds from dispositions									760,000,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business									615,000,000
Discontinued operation, tax (expense) benefit from provision for (gain) loss on disposal									$ 30,000,000
Affiliated Entity | Laureate I B.V. | Education Turkey B.V. | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions								90,000,000
Net proceeds from divestiture								75,000,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business								(37,700,000)
Disposal group, contingent liability								$ 15,000,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operations, percent of ownership sold								100.00%
Affiliated Entity | INTI Education Holdings Sdn Bhd | Malaysia
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions	140,000,000																																														$ 13,700,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of business																																									47,900,000
Number of campuses | campus				5
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, percent of ownership disposed of				10.10%
Cash and cash equivalents	19,500,000
Deposit liability	5,000,000
Receipt from sales, net of cash sold and property and equipment	$ 116,300,000
Taxes withheld																																				$ 420,000					$ 420,000

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