XML 47 R29.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.8.0.1

Salaries and other employee expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Disclosure of employee benefits [Abstract]

Disclosure of information about employees [text block]

23. Salaries and other employee expenses

		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
Wages and salaries			16,191			16,132			15,500
Payroll taxes			2,629			2,244			2,264
Personnel benefits			5,442			3,090			8,613
Share–based payments			3,391			3,730			4,058
Total			27,653			25,196			30,435

X

- References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	blx_DisclosureOfEmployeeBenefitsAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	blx_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The disclosure of information about employees.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_10_e&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_DisclosureOfInformationAboutEmployeesExplanatory
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration