Share-based compensation - Fair Value Assumptions (Detail) - € / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Share price at grant date (in eur per share)	€ 548.0	€ 462.9	€ 270.7
Vesting period	2 years 8 months 12 days	2 years 10 months 24 days	2 years 10 months 24 days
Dividend yield (in percentage)	1.00%	0.60%	0.90%
Eurozone
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Risk free interest rate (Eurozone)	0.50%	(0.80%)	(0.60%)
US
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Risk free interest rate (in percentage)	2.80%	0.20%	1.50%
Expected volatility ASML
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Expected volatility (in percentage)	41.80%	38.50%	28.90%
Expected volatility PHLX index
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Expected volatility (in percentage)		35.30%	24.70%
Average volatility of the peer group (market practice)
Assumptions Calculation Fair Value of Shares [Line Items]
Average volatility of the peer group (market practice) (in percentage)	47.80%

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumption, Risk-Free Interest Rate

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Rate of weighted-average expected volatility for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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